Digital Rights Management: Technological, Economic, Legal and Political Aspects

Eberhard Becker, Willms Buhse, Dirk Günnewig, Niels Rump (auth.), Eberhard Becker, Willms Buhse, Dirk Günnewig, Niels Rump (eds.)9783540404651, 3-540-40465-1

Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a topic of interest to a wide range of people from various backgrounds: engineers and technicians, legal academics and lawyers, economists and business practitioners. The two conferences on the issue held in 2000 and 2002 in Berlin, Germany, brought these people together for fruitful discussions. This book continues this process by providing insights into the three main areas that DRM in?uences and that DRM is in?uenced by: technology, economics, and law and politics. Looking at the ?rst results of the two conferences we would like to emphasize three aspects. Firstly, DRM is a fairly young topic with many issues still – resolved. Secondly, there is still an acute lack of objective information about DRM and the consequences of using (or not using) DRM in our Information Society. And, ?nally, only open discussions amongst all the interested parties and people from di?erent scienti?c and practical backgrounds can help to create a foundation on which DRM can actually become useful.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
DRM as an Interlocking Challenge for Different Scientific Disciplines: Introduction….Pages 1-2
Digital Rights Management: Technological Aspects….Pages 3-15
Requirements for DRM Systems….Pages 16-25
Components of DRM Systems Identification and Metadata….Pages 26-61
Authentication, Identification Techniques, and Secure Containers – Baseline Technologies….Pages 62-80
Digital Watermarking….Pages 81-92
Content Based Identification (Fingerprinting)….Pages 93-100
Rights Expression Languages….Pages 101-112
Electronic Payment Systems….Pages 113-137
Mobile DRM Introduction: The Need for Mobile DRM….Pages 138-149
A Sample DRM System….Pages 150-161
DRM and Standardization – Can DRM Be Standardized?….Pages 162-177
Trusted Platforms, DRM, and Beyond….Pages 178-205
DRM Under Attack: Weaknesses in Existing Systems….Pages 206-223
If Piracy Is the Problem, Is DRM the Answer?….Pages 224-233
Digital Rights Management: Economic Aspects The Basic Economic Theory of Copying….Pages 234-249
Facing the Music: Value-Driven Electronic Markets, Networks and Value Webs in Economic Integration of Digital Products….Pages 250-270
Creating a Framework for Business Models for Digital Content – Mobile Music as Case Study….Pages 271-287
Impacts of DRM on Internet Based Innovation….Pages 288-300
Evaluating Consumer Acceptance for Protected Digital Content….Pages 301-320
Lessons from Content-for-Free Distribution Channels….Pages 321-333
Standardization in DRM – Trends and Recommendations….Pages 334-343
The Darknet and the Future of Content Protection….Pages 344-365
Protection of Digital Content and DRM Technologies in the USA….Pages 366-382
The Copyright Wars – A Computer Scientist’s View of Copyright in the U.S…..Pages 383-404
Protection of Digital Content and DRM Technologies in the European Union….Pages 405-417
Digital Rights Management and Privacy – Legal Aspects in the European Union….Pages 418-446
Private Copying and Levies for Information- and Communication-Technologies and Storage Media in Europe….Pages 447-461
Tipping the Scale in Favor of the Right Holders: The European Anti-Circumvention Provisions….Pages 462-478
Protection of Digital Content and DRM Technologies in German Copyright….Pages 479-501
Copy Protection by DRM in the EU and Germany: Legal Aspects….Pages 502-519
Implementation of the European Info Directive in German Law and Its Consequences for Teaching and Research….Pages 520-527
New Copyright for the Digital Age: Political Conflicts in Germany….Pages 528-573
Copyright Dilemma: Access Right as a Postmodern Symbol of Copyright Deconstruction?….Pages 574-586
Business, Technology, and Law – Interrelations of Three Scientific Perspectives on DRM….Pages 587-596
The Present and Future of Digital Rights Management – Musings on Emerging Legal Problems….Pages 597-654
Getting Insights: DRM Conferences 2000 and 2002….Pages 655-656
Back Matter….Pages –