A new method of digital rights management (DRM) which relies on a user's profile has been pioneered by Aboriginal Australians.
The Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive has been developed by a community based in Australia's Northern Territory.
It asks every person who logs in for their name, age, sex and standing within their community.
This information then restricts what they can search for in the archive, offering a new take on DRM
Dr Kimberly Christen, who helped to develop the archive, told BBC World Service's Digital Planet programme that the need to create these profiles came from community traditions over what can and cannot be seen.
"It grew out of the Warumungu community people themselves, who were really interested in repatriating a lot of images and things that had been taken from the community," she said.
"You find this a lot in indigenous communities, not just in Australia but around the world... this really big push in these communities to get this information back and let people start looking at it and narrating it themselves."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7214240.stm
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