Digital Rights Management

Konsultationen

Digital rights Management is about Software and technical devices that restrict usage of media by consumers.

Pro

• Content source verification
• Defense against common public "piracy"
• Ecclicism: Just good old copy protection
• New products

Contra

• Archiving and Forensic research?
• Restriction of usage and interoperability
• Electronic Hierarchy possible as a threat to free competition

News

2004-10-21 EN States (Transgaming) on DRM

Software Patents

• Softwarepatents and digital rights Management

Actors

• Milosch Meriac took part in the Xbox-Linux- Project to get people informed about DRM

Analysis

Position Papers

• Ifrro contribution to EU copyright Consultation: Very broad statements.

Web Resources:

• proposed consumer rights act

Digitally Ruling Men ("Palladium"):

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_computing

• http://www.againsttcpa.com/what-is-tcpa.html

• http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0208.html

• http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/tcpa-faq.html

• http://moon.hipjoint.de/tcpa-palladium-faq-de.html

• http://invisiblog.com/1c801df4aee49232/article/0df117d5d9b32aea8bc23194ecc270ec

• http://www.golem.de/0305/25384.html

• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2002/06/24/ms_drm_os_retagged_secure/

• http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/2005/all_about/digital_rights_man/index_en.htm

• http://europa.eu.int/information_society/eeurope/2005/all_about/digital_rights_man/high_level_group/index_en.htm

• http://sethf.com/anticensorware/general/china.php

• http://www.protectprivacy.org/privacy.html

• http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2003/may03/05-07ngscb.mspx

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnsecure/html/nca_considerations.asp

• http://www.microsoft.com/technet/archive/security/news/ngscb.mspx