Overview
Digital rights management (DRM) refers to technology used to regulate the use of digital data, such as software, music or films. It can be a valuable legal and business tool, using wide-ranging technologies to cover different media and to maintain control over access, editing restrictions and prevention of piracy.
While it might appear that DRM solves many of the problems of balancing copyright restrictions with free access to information on the Internet, it is also becoming apparent that in some sectors, most notably in scientific research, that DRM technology co-exist comfortably with the concept of “fair use”.
This event will examine the key questions and encourage debate within the topic, and evaluate the changing environment by using case studies.
Programme
The Institution of Engineering and Technology Conference on
CRIME AND SECURITY
The Technical Fight
13 – 14 June 2006
Savoy Place, London, UK
| 08.45 |
Registration and Refreshments |
| 09.15 |
Opening Remarks from the Chair
Jim Wilkinson, Chief Scientific Officer, Sony BPRL, UK |
| 09.20 |
Keynote Address: Understanding the Principles and History for Content Protection
Andy Leigh, Information Security Strategy Manager, Technology Direction, The BBC, UK
- Is there a need for DRM, why?
- What is the principle for protection of content?
- Achieving availability and confidentiality
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| 09.50 |
The DRM Toolbox
Jim Wilkinson, Chief Research Scientist, Sony BPRL
- Understanding the technology
- What choices do you have in the market today
- Beating the jargon game
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| 10.15 |
The Government Perspective
Adrian Brazier, Assistant Director, Communications & Content Industries Unit, DTI, UK
- Is there a problem using DRM?
- Is there a solution for DRM?
- Which is Government – the problem or the solution?
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| 10.40 |
Piracy Hurts
Len Withall, Director of Security, NDS, UK
- The need to police and protect your own technology
- Identifying the pirates and hackers- both Commercial and Hobbyist
- Department reputations have to be earned and maintained- Case examples
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| 11.05 |
Refreshments |
| 11.25 |
The Legal Risk and Benefits of Deploying DRM
Myles Jelf, Partner, Bristows, UK
- Why a technical solution is practical
- Risk – what is it to you
- Is there a Global solution or just a local choice?
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| 11.50 |
The Digital Media Landscape - Addressing the Challenge
Simon Wakefield, Deloitte, UK |
| 12.15 |
Panel Discussion
Session Speakers
Open Forum |
| 12.30 |
Lunch |
| 13.30 |
Balanced DRM Solutions for Audiovisual Content
Ted Shapiro, Deputy Managing Director, Vice President & General Counsel - Europe, Motion Picture Association, Belgium
- Development of legal alternatives and new content offerings
- Technological measures, copyright exceptions and interoperability
- Cooperation with Internet Service Providers
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| 13.55 |
Digital Rights Management: The Consumer Interest
Jill Johnstone, Director of Policy, National Consumer Council, UK
- Recognising both the interests of the creators and the interests of the consumer
- Incorporating consumer rights in copyright legislation
- Ensuring that the future development of intellectual property law is based on an independent assessment of the cost and benefits to society as a whole
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| 14.20 |
The Role of Policy-Makers and Regulators in DRM - Promotion or Regulation?
David Lancefield, Director in Advisory Practice, PricewaterhouseCoopers, UK
- The economics of DRM
- What are the problems?
- How should the regulators and policy-makers respond?
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| 14.45 |
Refreshments |
| 15.05 |
DRM and Creating the Secure Media Production Environment
Cliff Smith, European Manager, Avid, UK
- Building rights and usage management into collaborative environments for Film, Music and TV production
- Digital Watermarking
- Secure file storage and transfer
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| 15.30 |
Standards for Broadcast Content Protection
Mark Jeffrey, Program Manager, European Media Standards, Microsoft Corporation, Switzerland
- Emerging standards
- DVB, CPCM and the developments of change
- Updating content protection
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| 15.55 |
Panel Discussion
Session Speakers
Open Forum
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| 16.55 |
Chairman’s Closing Remarks |
| 17.00 |
Close |
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