DRM and the Secret War inside Your Devices

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aaron Perzanowski ◽  
Jason Schultz
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Self Help ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Secret War

This chapter address technologies that are collectively known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). DRM is a set of software-based tools implemented by copyright holders, device makers, and retailers to monitor and restrict consumer behavior. For example, after the Supreme Court took the side of consumers and affirmed the legality of the VCR, Hollywood threw its weight behind the DVD, an encrypted format that allowed studios to dictate the design and functionality of playback devices. These and other forms of technological self help are strengthened by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which prohibits the bypassing, disabling, or otherwise circumventing the digital locks that DRM represents. But the DMCA has largely failed to prevent circumvention, and many copyright holders have recognized that the restrictions imposed by DRM discourage consumers from buying encumbered products. Moreover, as the Sony rootkit incident demonstrates, DRM puts consumer security and privacy at risk.

Digital Image Watermarking

2014 ◽  
pp. 195-207
Author(s):  
Ruchira Naskar ◽  
Rajat Subhra Chakraborty ◽  
Dev Kumar Das ◽  
Chandan Chakraborty
Keyword(s):  
Diagnostic Accuracy ◽  
Digital Watermarking ◽  
Medical Images ◽  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Medical Industry ◽  
Information Loss ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Patient Diagnosis ◽  
Rights Management

With the advent of telemedicine, Digital Rights Management of medical images has become a critical issue pertaining to security and privacy preservation in the medical industry. The technology of telemedicine makes patient diagnosis possible for physicians located at a remote site. This technology involves electronic transmission of medical images over the internet, thus raising the need for ensuring security and privacy of such information. Digital watermarking is a widely used technique for the authentication and protection of multimedia data such as images and video against various security and privacy threats. But such digital rights management practices as watermarking often lead to considerable distortion or information loss of the medical images. The medical images being highly sensitive and legally valuable assets of the medical industry, such information loss are often not tolerable. Most importantly, such information loss may lead to incorrect patient diagnosis or reduced accuracy of disease detection. In this chapter we investigate the impact of digital watermarking, and its effect on the accuracy of disease diagnosis, specifically diagnosis of malarial infection caused by Plasmodium vivax parasite. We have used a computer–aided, automatic diagnostic model for our work in this chapter. Our experimental results show that although general (lossy) digital watermarking reduces the diagnostic accuracy, it can be improved with the use of reversible (lossless) watermarking. In fact, the adverse effect(s) of watermarking on the diagnostic accuracy can be completely mitigated through the use of reversible watermarking.

Blockchain-Based Digital Rights Management Techniques

2021 ◽  
pp. 168-180
Author(s):  
Nguyen Ha Huy Cuong ◽  
Gautam Kumar ◽  
Vijender Kumar Solanki
Keyword(s):  
Digital Rights Management ◽  
Transportation Systems ◽  
Security And Privacy ◽  
Data Driven ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Resource Allocation Algorithm ◽  
Privacy Concerns ◽  
Digital Rights ◽  
Rights Management ◽  
Management Techniques

The usage of information is essential for data-driven capabilities in artificial intelligence. The data-driven AI techniques lead to several security and privacy concerns. Among various digital techniques, digital rights management is required as one of collaboration scheme that ensures the security and privacy of intellectual rights. Though a number of researchers have proposed various security techniques, none of them have proposed an efficient and effective privacy procedure for digital rights. Recently, blockchain technique is considered as one of the major security methods to ensure a transparent communication among individuals. It can be used by various applications such as industries, marketing, transportation systems, etc. The aim of this chapter is to propose an ensured resource allocation algorithm that validates the scheme by comparing various security measures against previous approaches. Further, the proposed phenomenon ensures the transparency on security and privacy due to its integration.

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