A digital artwork content digital rights management and content distribution network has a digital artwork edition database comprising digital artwork content, digital artwork edition data stored in relation to the digital artwork content, digital artwork edition data attributes comprising edition attributes and edition DRM attributes stored in relation to the digital artwork edition data. The network has a DRM control subsystem configured for monitoring checking out and checking in of the digital artwork edition instances and updating digital artwork edition usage attributes accordingly and the network is configured for reissuing further digital artwork editions for digital artwork content according to digital artwork edition usage attributes of digital artwork edition data attributes thereof.