CDPresent State and Emerging Scenarios of Digital Rights Management Systems
Present State and Emerging Scenarios of Digital Rights Management Systems
The International Journal on Media Management
by Marc Fetscherin, University of Bern, Switzerland
Increasing need for controlling and securing digital content
Today’s wired and wireless world has yielded an increasing amount of digital content that demands protection from theft and prying eyes. This escalating need is driven by two trends.
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The first is the mass piracy and theft of intellectual property and proprietary information. Although the content
industry argues that piracy cost them several billions US dollars a year, there is no empirical evidence to support their claim. There is even contrary research from industry analysts, such as
Forrester, Media Matrix, and authors like Liebowitz (2002), Cave (2002), or
Hui (2002) that argues the exact cost of piracy is statistically unsupported and is unlikely to be as high as the content providers claim. What is known so far, that technology advances, such as CD-
This Journal is available on-line at http://www.mediajournal.org Abstract
Our journal is currently available on-line in PDF format through simple to use web interface provided by Netacademy.
This article focuses on technological solutions, such as Digital Rights Management
Systems (DRMS), which enable on one hand rights protection of intellectual property digital content, and on the other hand it should increase security and privacy of confidential and personal information exchange over semi open or open networks such as the Internet. First, this article will define and provide an overview of the key components of DRMS and respond to the questions of why such systems are needed, where they can be used, and how these systems work. Second, it will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of current DRMS. It will respond to the questions of what are the advantages and drawbacks when using such systems. Finally,
The International Journal on Media Management
by Marc Fetscherin, University of Bern, Switzerland
Increasing need for controlling and securing digital content
Today’s wired and wireless world has yielded an increasing amount of digital content that demands protection from theft and prying eyes. This escalating need is driven by two trends.
Online Free Access to JMM
The first is the mass piracy and theft of intellectual property and proprietary information. Although the content
industry argues that piracy cost them several billions US dollars a year, there is no empirical evidence to support their claim. There is even contrary research from industry analysts, such as
Forrester, Media Matrix, and authors like Liebowitz (2002), Cave (2002), or
Hui (2002) that argues the exact cost of piracy is statistically unsupported and is unlikely to be as high as the content providers claim. What is known so far, that technology advances, such as CD-
This Journal is available on-line at http://www.mediajournal.org Abstract
Our journal is currently available on-line in PDF format through simple to use web interface provided by Netacademy.
This article focuses on technological solutions, such as Digital Rights Management
Systems (DRMS), which enable on one hand rights protection of intellectual property digital content, and on the other hand it should increase security and privacy of confidential and personal information exchange over semi open or open networks such as the Internet. First, this article will define and provide an overview of the key components of DRMS and respond to the questions of why such systems are needed, where they can be used, and how these systems work. Second, it will discuss the advantages and drawbacks of current DRMS. It will respond to the questions of what are the advantages and drawbacks when using such systems. Finally,
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