DRM-related technologies have been a controversial issue. How will technology developers balance the interests between consumers and copyrights owners? This report analyzes each stakeholder's interest in designing or promoting DRM-related technologies for consumers' multimedia needs at home, and how DRM can be integrated into business strategy to generate new revenue opportunities. It offers fresh perspectives on DRM standards and interoperability, profiles key players, and predicts the trend in DRM adoption.

Table of Contents

The Bottom Line
1.0 Digital Content Protection: Introduction
  1.1 Defining Content Protection and Digital Rights Management
  1.2 Why Does the Industry Need DRM?
  1.3 How does Content Protection/DRM Work?
2.0 Analysis of Stakeholders' Interest
  2.1 Consumers
  2.2 Content Owners
  2.3 Solution Providers
  2.4 Hardware Manufacturers
  2.5 System Operators
3.0 Overview of DRM-related Technologies
4.0 Legal Environment for DRM Implementation
5.0 Digital Rights Management in the Music Industry
  5.1 Overview
  5.2 Competitive Landscape
  5.3 DRM as a Business Strategy
6.0 Digital Rights Management in the Video Industry
  6.1 Overview
  6.2 Competitive Landscape
  6.3 New Revenue Models Enabled by DRM
7.0 Key Issues in DRM adoption and implementation
  7.1 Setting Common Standards
  7.2 Interoperability: Is It Possible?
  7.3 Digital Living Room: Where is DRM's Place?
8.0 Conclusions and Predictions

Resource Book
Section I: Consumer Data: Multimedia Platform Infrastructure
Section II: Consumer Data: Media Consumption Behaviors and Patterns
Section III: Consumer Data: Attitude toward Content Protection and DRM
Section IV: Background Info: DRM-related Technology Overview
  Content Protection Technologies for Physical Media
   Content Scrambling System (CSS) and Macrovision's ACP
   Content Protection for Recordable Media (CPRM)
   Video Content Protection System (VCPS)
  Link Protection Technologies for Digital Signal Transmission
   Conditional Access (CA)
   Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP)
   Digital Transmission Content Protection over IP (DTCP-IP)
   High Bandwidth Digital Content Protection (HDCP)
   TiVoGuard Digital Output Protection Technology
   Thomson's SmartRight
  Digital Rights Management Solutions
   Windows DRM
   RealNetworks' Helix DRM
   Apple's Fairplay DRM
   Sony's OpenMG
   Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM specification
  Digital Watermarking Technologies
Section V: DRM Implementation: Legal Environment
  "Fair Use" in Copyright Law
  Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
  Latest Legislative Actions
   Legislative Efforts to Reinforce DMCA
   Legislative Efforts to Relax DMCA
   State-level Legislative Efforts
   Civil Litigation
  FCC Broadcast Flag Order
Section VI: Profiles of Physical Media Copy Protection Vendors
  First 4 Internet
  Macrovision
  SunnComm
Section VII: Profiles of Digital Output Protection Vendors / Technology Developers
  Digital 5
  DMDSecure
  Intel
  Irdeto Access
  NDS Americas
  RSA Security
  Scientific-Atlanta
  Silicon Image
  TiVo
Section VIII: Profiles of DRM Solution Vendors/IP Holders
  Apple Computer
  ContentGuard
  DigiMarc
  Intertrust
  Microsoft
  RealNetworks
  Sony
  Thomson

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