Multimedia Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management

Multimedia Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management List Price: $96.95 Offer Price: USD $54.58 See Latest Price & Discount Binding: Hardcover Publication Date: 2006-07-20 ISBN 0123694760 Publisher:Academic Press Editorial Reviews: Product Description Security is a major concern in an increasingly multimedia-defined universe where the Internet serves as an indispensable resource for information and entertainment. Digital Rights Management (DRM) is the technology by which network systems protect and provide access to critical and time-sensitive copyrighted material and/or personal information. This book equips savvy technology professionals and their aspiring collegiate protégés with the latest technologies, strategies and methodologies needed to successfully thwart off those who thrive on security holes and weaknesses. Filled with sample application scenarios and algorithms, this book provides an in-depth examination of present and future field technologies including encryption, authentication, copy control, tagging, tracing, conditional access and media identification. The authors present a diversified blend of theory and practice and focus on the constantly changing developments in multimedia applications thus providing an admirably comprehensive book. * Discusses state-of-the-art multimedia authentication and fingerprinting techniques * Presents several practical methodologies from industry, including broadcast encryption, digital media forensics and 3D mesh watermarking * Focuses on the need for security in multimedia applications found on computer networks, cell phones and emerging mobile computing devices Customer Reviews: Review #1: covers all the major ideas in DRM 2006-10-17 With the ever increasing pervasiveness of the Internet, and greater storage on personal computers, the issue of protecting copyrighted material like songs and movies is a front burner. The editors have compiled a collection of papers that describe the state of the art in 2006 of Digital Rights Management. The chapters span a variety of ideas. Biometrics are one mooted solution. Digital watermarking is another. Along with multimedia encryption and authentication. And with the inevitable migration of film to digital film, the question arises of how to protect the latter. It is expected that the digital film will be sent via an electronic network to cinemas. Far quicker and cheaper than the current approach of mailing the analog film canisters. But anything that is digital runs the risk of unauthorised copying. Especially for new releases of films. So one chapter goes deeply into this conundrum.