1. An apparatus for controlling utilization of content, the apparatus comprising: one or more processors; and one or more memories operatively coupled to at least one of the one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one of the one or more processors, cause at least one of the one or more processors to: associate one or more usage rights with content, wherein the one or more usage rights are based at least in part on a usage rights grammar, each of the one or more usage rights corresponding to a permitted utilization of the content and one or more conditions which must be satisfied in order for the respective usage right to be exercised; receive, from a computing device external to the apparatus, a request to access the content, the request corresponding to a requested utilization of the content; determine whether the requested utilization corresponds to at least one of the one or more usage rights associated with the content; determine whether the requested utilization is within a limit on the number of simultaneous utilizations of the content available for the same type of utilization as the requested utilization; and enable the transmission of at least one of the one or more usage rights to a computing device external to the apparatus based at least in part on a determination that the requested utilization corresponds to at least one of the one or more usage rights associated with the content and on a determination that the requested utilization is within the limit on the number of simultaneous utilizations of the content available for the same type of utilization as the requested utilization.