Technologie

DRM - Digital Rights Management Technology

• DOI, the Digital Object Identifier.
  The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a system for identifying and exchanging intellectual property in the digital environment.
  
  "DOIs are names (characters and/or digits) assigned to objects of intellectual property (physical, digital or abstract) such as electronic journal articles, images, learning objects, ebooks, any kind of content. They are used to provide current information, including where they (or information about them) can be found on the Internet. Information about a digital object may change over time, including where to find it, but its DOI will not change."
  
  More information at http://www.doi.org/.
   
• ODRL, The Open Digital Rights Language Initiative
  The Open Digital Rights Language Initiative is an international effort aimed at developing and promoting an open standard for the Digital Rights Management expression language
  
  More information at http://odrl.net/.
   
• XrML - The Digital Rights Language for Trusted Content and Services
  
  More information at http://www.xrml.org/.
   
• 2003 in Review: DRM Technology
  A review of the status quo on DRM technology at the end of the year 2003.
  
  The complete review can be found at DRM Watch.
   
• Microsoft and DRM
  With the dispatch of the Microsoft Media Player 10, Microsoft introduces the latest version of their own Digital Rights Managemant technology, called Windows Media DRM 10.
  
  More on Windows Media DRM can be found at Microsoft`s DRM pages.
   
• Apple and DRM
  Apple Computer propagates a DRM technology called FairPlay, which is less restrictive and hence considered to be more user friendly than other DRM implementations. It is curently used throughout Apple`s very successful digital music distirbution chain, including an online music store (iTunes Music Store), a device to play digital music (iPod) and the PC jukeboxsoftware (iTunes).
  
  Wikipedia on FairPlay, iPod and iTunes Music Store