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A method and apparatus for secure streaming of digital audio/visual content is disclosed. Secure streaming provides protection against unauthorized use of the digital content. Authorization and integrity checks are performed by a client or playback device on a set of data associated with digital con

A method and apparatus for secure streaming of digital audio/visual content is disclosed. Secure streaming provides protection against unauthorized use of the digital content. Authorization and integrity checks are performed by a client or playback device on a set of data associated with digital content to be played. The set of data includes authorization and integrity information for content to be received from the source. Streamed content is received from the source by the playback device. The streamed content is intermittently checked for authorization and integrity. If the check is passed, playback continues; otherwise playback is halted.

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1. A method comprising:receiving authorization data corresponding to streamed digital content; determining whether a playback device is authorized to play the streamed digital content based, at least in part, on the authorization data; playing a portion of the streamed digital content, if authorized

1. A method comprising:receiving authorization data corresponding to streamed digital content; determining whether a playback device is authorized to play the streamed digital content based, at least in part, on the authorization data; playing a portion of the streamed digital content, if authorized; and checking portions of the streamed digital content to determine whether continued playback is authorized, wherein an interval for which authorization is checked is determined based, at least in part, on one or more of network bandwidth, processing power utilization and strength of security desired.