Digital Rights Management for E-Commerce Systems

Thirty-five international academics, researchers, and legal professionals--the majority from Greece and Italy--contribute 25 chapters presenting the state of the art technologies for digital rights management systems which are designed, implemented and applied through e-commerce systems, and discussing recommendations, key points, disputes and limitations of these technological solutions. Coverage includes an overview of the terms, methodologies, architectural issues, and technological perspectives of digital rights management in e-commerce systems; technological means for copyright protection of multimedia files; issues regarding the distribution, management and exploitation of copyrighted material and its digital rights through e-commerce systems; strategies for and case studies of the use of digital rights management in organizations and sectors such as cultural heritage; and legal issues and the most crucial legislative parameters affecting digital rights management and the distribution of copyrighted material online through e-commerce systems. For researchers, practitioners, and students. Annotation c2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)