Content text Session 6 - DRM.pdf
2 needs of copyright holders Prevents monetary loss through piracy Ensures a mechanism is in place enabling people to pay
Mark Stefik • Xerox, Palo Alto Research Centre, California • Berkeley Technology Law Journal, 1997 -"Shifting the Possible: How Trusted Systems and Digital Property Rights Challenge Us to Rethink Digital Publishing" • Content Guard
DRM • A bundle of technological measures to ensure a secure framework for distributing content, including data, music, video and text. • A strict definition may not be possible considering various types and means in which DRM technology is used. • Broadly, • DRM covers the description, identification, trading, protecting, monitoring and tracking of all forms of usages over both tangible and intangible assets