1. Digital Rights Management An Overview By Jude Umeh (MBCS)

2. What is DRM? A way to secure and manage intellectual property rights in an electronic environment. Managing users rights to access/use content. Persistent protection of digital content.

3. Why DRM? Intellectual property & Copyright. Electronic age and information ubiquity. –From printing press to the Internet –New world, old tactics. (i.e. new wine in old wineskin). Revenue protection. Complements existing security solutions

4. Core Technology Components. Content packager Client Technology License Server

5. DRM Types & Issues Media DRM –E-commerce –Copyright & fair use –Ease of use –B.O.B.E –Privacy issues Enterprise DRM –Policy management –Authentication –Integration –Usage tracking –Changing rights

6. DRM Domain Interests DRM Commercial Technology Creative Legal Users

7. Sources of Informtaion. DRM Watch – www.drmwatch.comwww.drmwatch.com World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) – www.wipo.orgwww.wipo.org Online Computer Library Centre (OCLC) – http://www.oclc.org/community/topics/rights/basi cs/ http://www.oclc.org/community/topics/rights/basi cs/ XML Coverpages - http://xml.coverpages.org/drm.html http://xml.coverpages.org/drm.html