INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION Digital Rights Management DRM

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Software piracy worldwide – Increased with the Internet –

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • A functional definition of DRM: – The identification and

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Requirements – Identification (unique identifier of the work) –

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Right management vs. Content management – Content management: includes

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • DRM tools – Identify the work, the right holder

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Examples – Encryption – Persistent association (watermarks, digital signature)

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Examples (Software) – Game consoles (Nintendo, Sony Playstation, …)

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Forbidden by the law: – Act of circumvention –

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Issues: – Low level of standardisation – Often no

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Conclusion – DRM solutions are more and more used

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INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION Thank You! Olivier Sacroug Katzarov SA European Patent & Trademark

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INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Software piracy worldwide – Increased with the Internet – Difficult to trace (no need of a physical support to transfer a software product) Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • A functional definition of DRM: – The identification and description of intellectual property, rights pertaining to works and to parties involved in their creation or administration (digital rights management); – The (technical) enforcement of usage restriction (digital management of rights). Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Right management vs. Content management – Content management: includes creating, manipulating, fixing, storing, transferring, performing, rendering and disposing of the content. – Rights management: all activity conducted in relation to the rights governing the content management activity. Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Examples – Encryption – Persistent association (watermarks, digital signature) – Metadata – Payment technologies Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Examples (Software) – Game consoles (Nintendo, Sony Playstation, …) – Microsoftware (Genuine certificate verification) – Trial use of a software for a limited period of time – Online registration to activate the software Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Forbidden by the law: – Act of circumvention – Tools for circumvention of Access Control and Copyright Control TMs Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Issues: – Low level of standardisation – Often no management of exceptions to the author’s rights (copies for private use, cryptographic research, reverse engineering, etc. ) Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION • Conclusion – DRM solutions are more and more used for software products – No standard solutions yet, resulting in poor or no interoperability Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007

INTRODUCTION DEFINITIONS APPLICATIONS CONCLUSION Thank You! Olivier Sacroug Katzarov SA European Patent & Trademark Attorneys Geneva and Basel admin@katzarov. com Tel: +41 22 342 66 30 Fax: +41 22 342 66 15 www. katzarov. com Copyright © KATZAROV S. A. 24/01/2007