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
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