1. A method to procure digital rights management event data, the method comprising: receiving a first set of event data from a first host computer, where the received first set of event data had been collected by the first host computer in a first event data format and was converted by the first host computer to at least one standardized event data format; storing, by an event data collection server, the received first set of event data in a centralized repository; receiving a second set of event data from a second host computer, where the received second set of event data had been collected by the second host computer in a second event data format and was converted to at least one standardized event data format; storing, by the event data collection server, the received second set of event data in a centralized repository; authorizing, by the event data collection server, access to the first set of event data and the second set of event data stored in the centralized repository, by at least one audit computer; and responding to at least one query from an authorized audit computer, to provide event data associated with at least one of the first set of event data and the second set of event data retrieved from the centralized repository so that the authorized audit computer can perform an event data audit.