Rights Information Management: The Key to Flexible, Scalable Commerce in Digital Content By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published April 2, 2008
A white paper on the need for content owners to manage information about content rights as well as digital media assets, in order to enable scalable development of new content-based products and services.
Thoughts on Notice, Takedown, Fingerprints, and Filtering By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published March 15, 2007
Buried beneath the fireworks over Viacom and YouTube is the usual issue of who pays for content control technology. We discuss some possibilities.
Sun's Open-Source DReaM By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published September 1, 2005
Sun Microsystems announces an ambitous alternative to both proprietary DRM technologies and closed consortia.
Microsoft Previews DRM Directions for Windows Vista By Olin Sibert -
Special Reports Article Published August 23, 2005
Output Content Protection mechanisms promises to significantly beef up content security on the PC. But will content providers use it, and will users rebel?
Integrating DRM with P2P Networks: Enabling the Future of Online Content Business Models By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published November 18, 2003
A white paper on the need and opportunities for integrating digital rights management functionality with peer-to-peer networks. The paper covers the rise of both P2P and DRM, the inevitability of integrating DRM with P2P, DRM technology requirements, shortcomings of many current DRM solutions, and ideas for developing the market.
Paying for DRM By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published July 4, 2003
A white paper on economic factors of digital rights management in the music industry. Prepared for BUMA/IViR Symposium: Copyright and the Music Industry: Digital Dilemmas, July 4, 2003, Amsterdam.
Cryptographic Research, Inc.'s Self Protecting Digital Content By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published April 14, 2003
The research and consulting firm Cryptography Research Inc. (CRI) published the white paper Self Protecting Digital Content, containing recommendations for a new type of architecture for secure content distribution.
Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published March 22, 2002
The Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act (CBDTPA) was introduced into the full U.S. Senate from the Judiciary and Commerce Committees. Sponsored by Senators Ernest Hollings (D-SC) and Ted Stevens (D-AK), this bill is a revision of the Security System Standards Certification Act.
Security Systems Standards and Certification Act (SSSCA) By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published March 16, 2002
During the week of March 11, 2002, hearings
were held in Congress to discuss matters relating to copyright and digital
media.
Extensible Rights Management Language (XrML) 2.0 By Bill Rosenblatt -
Special Reports Article Published November 28, 2001
With eXtensible Rights Markup Language (XrML) 2.0, the
rights specification language from ContentGuard
takes a further evolutionary step away from its roots in the Digital Property Rights Language (DPRL).