Digital Rights Management in a Multimedia Environment
Digital rights management (DRM) is gaining importance as an enabling technology for electronic commerce in digital goods. The purpose of a DRM system is to allow owners of digital assets (movies, songs) to distribute them electronically in a controlled way. After a general introduction to the technology, this paper discusses the special properties of video content and their impact on DRM. Finally, the Windows Media Rights Manager, the DRM system used in Windows Media Technologies for audio and video content, is described.
- Print ISSN
- 0036-1682
- Published
- 2002-04
- Content type
- Original Research
- DOI
- 10.5594/J11567
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