Copyright Protection of Digital Content with Special Reference to Computer Programs

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vijay Kumar Singh
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Digital Content

Legal and Economic Justifi cation for Software Protection

2011 ◽  
pp. 328-339
Author(s):  
Bruno de Vuyst
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Software Protection ◽  
National Patent ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses legal and economic rationale in regards to open source software protection. Software programs are, under TRIPS1, protected by copyright (reference is made to the Berne Convention2). The issue with this protection is that, due to the dichotomy idea/expression that is typical for copyright protection, reverse engineering of software is not excluded, and copyright is hence found to be an insufficient protection. Hence, in the U.S., software makers have increasingly turned to patent protection. In Europe, there is an exclusion of computer programs in Article 52 (2) c) EPC (EPO, 1973), but this exclusion is increasingly narrowed and some call for abandoning the exclusion altogether. A proposal by the European Commission, made in 2002, called for a directive to allow national patent authorities to patent software in a broader way, so as to ensure further against reverse engineering; this proposal, however, was shelved in 2005 over active opposition within and outside the European parliament. In summary, open source software does not fit in any proprietary model; rather, it creates a freedom to operate. Ultimately, there is a need to rethink approaches to property law so as to allow for viable software packaging in both models.

Design of Secure Image Fusion Technique Using Cloud for Privacy-Preserving and Copyright Protection

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 22-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ashwani Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Image Fusion ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Privacy Preserving ◽  
Cloud Services ◽  
Digital Data ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Modern World ◽  
Platform As A Service ◽  
Digital Document

Nowadays, the use of digital content or digital media is increasing day by day. Therefore, there is a need to protect the digital document from both unauthorized users and authorized users. The digital document should be protected from authorized users who try to redistribute it illegally. Digital watermarking techniques along with cryptography are insufficient to ensure an adequate level of security of digital media. The security of the transferring digital data in the modern world is also a big challenge because there is a high risk of security breaches. In this article, a secure technique of image fusion using hybrid domains (spatial and frequency) for privacy preserving and copyright protection is proposed. The proposed method provides a secure technique for the digital content in cloud environment. Two cloud services are used to develop this work, which eliminates the role of a trusted third party (TTP). First is the design of an infrastructure as a service (IaaS) to store different images with encryption processes to speed up the image fusion process and save storage space. Second, a Platform as a Service (PaaS) is used to enable the digital content to improve computation power and to increase the bandwidth. The prime objective of the proposed scheme is to transfer the digital media between a service provider and customer in a secure way using a hybrid domain along with cloud storage. Imperceptibility and robustness measures are used to calculate the performance of the proposed approach.

Digital Content Provision and Optimal Copyright Protection

2015 ◽  
Vol 61 (5) ◽  
pp. 1183-1196 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang Guo ◽  
Xiangyi Meng
Keyword(s):  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Digital Content ◽  
Content Provision

Legal and Economic Justification for Software Protection

2009 ◽  
pp. 2831-2842
Author(s):  
Bruno de Vuyst ◽  
Alea Fairchild
Keyword(s):  
Reverse Engineering ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Copyright Protection ◽  
Patent Protection ◽  
Computer Programs ◽  
Property Law ◽  
Software Protection ◽  
National Patent ◽  
The U.S

This chapter discusses legal and economic rationale in regards to open source software protection. Software programs are, under TRIPS1, protected by copyright (reference is made to the Berne Convention2). The issue with this protection is that, due to the dichotomy idea/expression that is typical for copyright protection, reverse engineering of software is not excluded, and copyright is hence found to be an insufficient protection. Hence, in the U.S., software makers have increasingly turned to patent protection. In Europe, there is an exclusion of computer programs in Article 52 (2) c) EPC (EPO, 1973), but this exclusion is increasingly narrowed and some call for abandoning the exclusion altogether. A proposal by the European Commission, made in 2002, called for a directive to allow national patent authorities to patent software in a broader way, so as to ensure further against reverse engineering; this proposal, however, was shelved in 2005 over active opposition within and outside the European parliament. In summary, open source software does not fit in any proprietary model; rather, it creates a freedom to operate. Ultimately, there is a need to rethink approaches to property law so as to allow for viable software packaging in both models.

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