• DocumentCode
    1217001
  • Title

    The good, the bad, and the ugly: what might change if we had good DRM

  • Author

    Lesk, Michael

  • Volume
    1
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    2003
  • Firstpage
    63
  • Lastpage
    66
  • Abstract
    Various vendors claim to have solved the online piracy problem in manners that can enable the safe sale of information to Web users. The technologies they sell include watermarking, hardware key "dongles", encryption and monitoring. The major place people worry about digital rights management\´s (DRM) impact is with existing Web sites that provide free information. Whatever benefits it might bring, DRM software\´s downside will undoubtedly include the collection of large amounts of user data that could prove valuable to marketers, snoopers, and others besides those who sell online content.
  • Keywords
    Internet; data privacy; electronic commerce; technological forecasting; watermarking; Internet; Web sites; data privacy; digital rights management; electronic commerce; watermarking; Books; Bridges; CD-ROMs; Hardware; Libraries; Marketing and sales; Pricing; Publishing; Road transportation; Watermarking;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Security & Privacy, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1540-7993
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MSECP.2003.1203225
  • Filename
    1203225