Piracy and Content Protection in the Broadband Age

Arnab, Alapan and Hutchison, Andrew (2006) Piracy and Content Protection in the Broadband Age, Proceedings of Southern African Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (SATNAC) 2006, 03 - 06 September 2006, Spier Wine Estate, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

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Abstract

The illegal distribution of copyrighted material has been blamed for vast losses incurred by publishing companies, especially in the entertainment industry. To this effect, Digital Rights Management (DRM) has been actively promoted as the solution to this problem. Critics of DRM however claim that DRM infringes on basic rights afforded by copyright law and is thus bad for consumers. Adding support for their claims is the incorrect and, in our opinion, illegal implementation of these systems. This paper introduces and debates these issues also discusses results of a survey we conducted over the Internet on the public's response to copyrighted works, DRM and piracy. Our findings conclude that while DRM is still necessary, piracy is neither a clear cut reason for a loss of sales nor a phenomenon easily explainable.

Item Type:	Conference paper
Date Deposited:	15 Sep 2006
Last Modified:	10 Oct 2019 15:35
URI:	http://pubs.cs.uct.ac.za/id/eprint/317

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