iDRM - interoperable Digital Rights Management

Technology is raising important challenges in the
Intellectual
Property (IP) field in general. The technology that
has made possible
the access to content in a ubiquitous manner,
available to everyone
in a simple and fast way, is also the main
responsible for the
challenges affecting the digital content IP of our days.
Technological solutions and legal frameworks were
created to meet
these new challenges. From the technological point of
view, Rights
Management Systems (RMS) and Copy Protection Systems
(CPS) have
been developed and deployed to try to cope with them.
At first, they
seemed to work however, their closed and
non-interoperable nature
and a growing number of wrong strategic business
decisions, soon
lead to a strong opposition. One of the strongest
negative points is
the lack of rights management interoperability.
This book addressed the RMS interoperability
problems, presenting
some possible mechanisms to improve the
interoperability between
the different existing and emerging open rights
management
platforms.

Autorentext

The author holds a BSc in Computer Science and Management and aMSc in Information Systems Management, from ISCTE-IUL in Portugal.Recently concluded his PhD in Computer Architecture and Technology from UPC (Barcelona,Spain), on the interoperability of rights management systems.Currently, he is an Assistant Professor at ISCTE-IUL in Portugal.

Klappentext

Technology is raising important challenges in theIntellectual Property (IP) field in general. The technology thathas made possible the access to content in a ubiquitous manner,available to everyone in a simple and fast way, is also the mainresponsible for the challenges affecting the digital content IP of our days.Technological solutions and legal frameworks werecreated to meet these new challenges. From the technological point ofview, Rights Management Systems (RMS) and Copy Protection Systems(CPS) have been developed and deployed to try to cope with them.At first, they seemed to work however, their closed andnon-interoperable nature and a growing number of wrong strategic businessdecisions, soon lead to a strong opposition. One of the strongestnegative points is the lack of rights management interoperability.This book addressed the RMS interoperabilityproblems, presenting some possible mechanisms to improve theinteroperability between the different existing and emerging open rightsmanagement platforms.