Essays on Digital Rights

Describe in your own words the differences between steganography, digital watermarking, and digital rights management.

Steganography, digital watermarking, and digital right management are certainly all related, however they differ in that they represent different levels, or facets of the information security process. Digital watermarking is a way of embedding hidden digital information on video, audio, and imaging, that denotes ownership of the information, or marks a piece of visual or audio information for copyright (Shih, 2008). These watermarks can be traced, according to a specific algorithm, in order to identify copyright infringement, or authenticate data use. These digital watermarks are a specific type of stenography. Steganography is more generally the act of concealing a ...

Xbox One and its three strategic options: A case study

How will Microsoft reexamine the Xbox One product features? a. The Xbox One “all in one” functionality positioned it as an ultimate digital entertainment hub, creating a “new living room” experience for users (Roese and Meagher 5). It allows users to switch seamlessly and quickly between PC games, cable television, streamed movies, and VOIP services, while screen splitting between sources for multiple players. b. The next generation Kinect device, a motion-sensing peripheral that allowed users to interact with the Xbox 360 through voice commands and gesture, was further upgraded to recognize the users physically and automatically update the interface ...

Abstract

The associated issues of copyright protection and digital rights management are pressing ones these days. Particularly for the music industry, there is a growing trend among consumers to download music illegally via torrents without giving a second thought to the ethics or legally of their actions. On the other hand, many have suggested that unreasonable laws and the length of time that copyrights last explain the many copyright violations we see today. This essay will examine the nature of copyright law and its original intended purpose in English common law, as well as how the founding fathers of the ...

Tables of Contents

Introduction3 Research3-5 Findings5-6 Human Failures7-8 Context8 DRM Technologies and Methods8-10 The Security of the Cloud10-13 Conclusion13-14

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Society and Digital Rights Management Recent decades have seen digital technology and digital media transform the entertainment industry and society in general, particularly as a result of on demand streaming and the introduction of mobile applications. But as this transformation has taken place, media corporations have been confronted with a significant problem revolving around the need to protect the security of their copyrighted materials. It is essential for these businesses to be able to easily and quickly deliver their media to the consumer ...

Arunabha Banerjee

Senior Associate, Corporate & Compliance Solutions, Thomson Reuters Abstract Advancing technology has hit the entertainment industry really hard, as music and video files are transferred between computers at the speed of current. Peer to peer downloads have become the norm of this information age and are threatening to take over the copyright regime which has customarily secured the economic rights of artists and producers in equal measure. This article examines the developments in copyright law in its fights against piracy and suggests the possible way forward to restore parity. Keywords: Copyright, Peer to peer, P2P, piracy, audio, ...

Information Technology Security

Information Technology Security

Q1: Describe in your own words the differences between steganography, digital watermarking, and digital rights management.

Advances in the field of technology have helped a lot in the drastic shift from traditional media to digital media while ensuring information security. These digital media include Digital Rights Management (DRM) methods Steganography and like Digital Watermarking. DRM helps in ensuring data security and has a varied array of systems. While DRM includes several methods like Encryption, Public/Private keys, Digital Certificates and Hashing, Steganography and Digital Watermarking are just one of the methods under DRM – Watermarking . Watermarking is a type of information hiding in order to protect intellectual property and insert a copyright indication within a material. Digital Watermarking ensure ...

Introduction

The internet has affected many industries with the ease of access to information and the enhancement of communication channels. The media has also been affected by the internet. With the ease of getting information from the internet, the media content is becoming easy to get. One of the disadvantages that the internet has brought to the media industry is the piracy which has been made more profound with the use of this new technology. The internet has become a medium through which media content can be accessed and abused. This is becoming an issue to the content producers. The artists ...

Abstract

Piracy, illegal, illegitimate or illicit music and movie download are all names that are used to refer to unauthorized access and download of copyrighted music and movies over the internet. Technology is a good platform, if used appropriately to achieve the right purpose. However, the rapid changes in technology has brought in a whole new breed of challenges that have left authors mesmerized while at the same time, confused due to the intensity in application. Music and movie piracy, among other things that are pirated online like software has gained a new meaning and people justify the necessity for piracy using a myriad ...