Lyon, G.
(2005),
The Internet Marketplace and Digital Rights Management, , , [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=150308
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The Internet Marketplace and Digital Rights Management
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Lacking physical control over Internet receiving environments, traditional information security methods cannot fully protect digital products. Insisting upon physical control severely restricts the Web market for digital objects and stymies e-commerce. Early digital rights management (DRM) reflects this dilemma, providing only limited scopes of application and suffering from poor usability. Three views-of customers, of losses, and of applications-help clarify considerations for a less restrictive next-generation DRM. Suggestions include substituting trust for diminished physical control via (i) biometrics to ease use and tighten identity binding and (ii) third- parties to rate participants and underwrite transactions.Citation
Digital Rights Management: Concepts and Applications, Nagarjuna Hills, Hyderabad, India, Vol 6, PP 103-122
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digital products, electronic commerce, intellectual property rights, internet distribution
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Created January 1, 2005, Updated February 27, 2018