Digital Rights Management

MRG breaks down the IPTV ecosystem into six markets: Access Systems, Video Headends, Video-on-Demand, Set-top Boxes, Middleware and Content Protection/Digital Rights Management (CP/DRM). In addition, we split up the market into 4 regions around the ...

By Jon High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP) is a, “form of digital copy protection developed by Intel Corporation to prevent copying of digital audio and video content as it travels across DisplayPort, Digital Visual Interface (DVI), High-Definition Multimedia Interface (...

By ITSpec I will need to do more research on copyright law to understand what exactly a user of copyright content is allowed, in terms of "fair use". I will need to varify, but I believe making backup copies is allowed, as well as personal playback on any device of their choosing.

By ITSpec Again, I would iterate that DRM will not prevent real criminals from continuing to pirate content and intellectual property. DRM is not friendly to the majority of consumers who are not criminals. DRM will not help this industry innovate and grow.

By ITSpec If it doesn't put you to sleep, I encourage you to finish reading Timothy Lee's paper. As concerned as I am about Vista's DRM issue, it is just part of a much larger (and scarier) picture. Tim's paper helped me to understand the DMCA's role in enabling DRM usage (or abuse) beyond copyright prot...

By clshrock Do you remember the Sony fiasco with DRM that automatically installed from normal audio CD's?  Sony wanted to silently enforce their perspective and control.  For me, your DRM and stealthy EULA don't give me that warm fuzzy feeling that I like when I spend MY money.  I see large similaritie...

By ITSpec I'm not defending Microsoft. They have taken some controversial steps in the attempt to dominate new markets. Much the same as Apple (with iTunes) reaps huge benefits from dominating the digital music content distribution pipeline, Microsoft wanted to leverage Vista to dominate the HD...

By karsten In regards to this qoute, I think it just means that if say Hollowood or Sony Pictures demands that DRM content restrictions are used when playing a HD-DVD or a Blue-Ray Disc´, then they are used. license fees to Microsoft for getting their content DRM-ed. To me, this doesn't bode well for the...

By NTBugtraq Section 2.3.1 of the above-mentioned Microsoft document describes the PVP Initialization Sequence, which occurs upon boot or when the system comes out of deep hibernation. Some of the 5 things that occur happen at other times, such as during PnP events.

By talkytalk How much latitude do you think Microsoft has in these matters? If you want legal playback of HD-DVD and Blu-Ray, you must implement the associated DRM. You can't have legal playback without such DRM in any system. Thus, you should have more capabilities in a system that can use the DRM scheme...

By WaltConnery A: In every significant case that I can think of, everybody *except* Microsoft. Q: Was DRM Microsoft's idea? Q: So why did Microsoft implement DRM in the first place? Q: Why doesn't Microsoft "stand up" to the RIAA/MPAA and just say "Hell, no, we won't go!"...?