A method for facilitating distribution of a digital work within a system having at least one repository configured to enforce use of said digital work in accordance with rights. The digital work has one or more rights associated therewith. A copy right or other right is associated with a digital work. The copy right specifies a fee to be paid as a condition for the repository permitting a specified use of the digital work to be made. The digital work can be provided to a distributor for distribution to at least one other party. The fee is reported as a transaction in response to a distribution of said digital work.