Digital Rights Management

What is DRM?

Digital Rights Management (DRM) Combination of 3 controls

·         Identity Control

·         Cryptographic Control

·         Access Control

Why we need a DRM solution

Now World Wide Web has become the most popular mode of media content distribution like the following:

·         Audio: Music & Audio books

·         Video: Movies & Music Videos

·         Publishing: books, documents, news articles

·         Computer Games

·         Software

The challenges of Media & Entertainment Industry

The main challenges the Media & Entertainment Industry facing are as follows:

·         Preventing Piracy in Music & Video contents

·         The quality of the Video content on the web

·         Security of the Video/audio content shared on the web

·         Convenient access to the entertainment content on the web

·         Supporting number of platforms to reach target audience

DRM Process

The DRM process I s essentially consists of creating following components:

·         A Content Protection Software

·         A Content Distribution Server

·         A License server

·         A Content Viewer

DRM Process Flow

The DRM Process Flow is depicted in the following diagram:

DRM Tools & Technology

The followings are the main players in the DRM Tools & Technology space:

·         Apple’s Fairplay DRM for online music

·         Adobe Flash & Microsoft Silverlight for Online Videos

·         Widevine provides Digital media solutions for device deliveries

·         Microsoft’s PlayReady platform for Mobile operators

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