Device (120), smart card (300) and method for selectively supplying access to a service (202) encrypted using a control word. A service (202) is received with an entitlement control message (ECM) (203) comprising authorization data and a specifier of a validity period of the authorization data. The service is decrypted only if the ECM (203) is found valid. The service (202) can be stored on a storage medium such as a DVD. An ECM transcoding module (211) obtains the authorization data from the ECM (203) supplies to writing means (215) a device-specific ECM comprising the authorization data. The device-specific ECM may be encrypted with a key specific to the device (120) and/or comprise an identifier for the device (120).

 
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