14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the prioritizing step is accomplished with a prioritizing plug-in application.
1. A computer-implemented method for processing plural rights expressions associated with an item for use in a system for controlling use of the item in accordance with the rights expressions, the method comprising: receiving a request to use the item, the item having associated rights expressions governing use of the item; returning one or more rights expressions including one or more conditions that must be satisfied in order to use the item; and processing the returned rights expressions in a manner to facilitate selection of the returned rights expressions in order to use the item in accordance with the selected rights expressions, and including: prioritizing the returned rights expressions based on the one or more conditions of the returned rights expressions, so as to facilitate selection of the returned rights expressions.