DRM (Digital Rights Management)

EDUCAUSE Library Items for DRM (Digital Rights Management)

Digital Content in Higher Education – Practical Findings

March 7, 2011

Digital content growth is exploding in all facets of book publishing, including the higher education market. The digital reading universe is a maelstrom of formats, devices, digital rights mana…

The Transformation of Digital Content in Higher Education

December 7, 2010

Presentation at the 2010 ECAR Symposium, December 7, 2010, in Carlsbad, California. E-reading and digital content growth are exploding in all facets of book publishing, including the higher educa…

Up Against the Firewall

March 31, 2008 | A session at the EDUCAUSE Western Regional Conference 2008

While students and educators clamor for unfettered access to the Internet, IT professionals are shoved against the firewall by the likes of the RIAA and the Union of Concerned Parents for a Safe Co…

What Price Insularity? Reflections About Computer Security Failings

January 4, 2008

Why is it risky for technologists to ignore the nontechnical context where their systems will be deployed? Furthermore, what is the risk when policymakers ignore the limits and potential of techn…

The Sony Digital Rights Management Debacle: The Litigation, the Settlement, and Some Thoughts on the Future of DRM

January 1, 2006

The discovery of major security, privacy, and consumer protection issues in digital rights management software loaded onto millions of Sony BMG compact discs outraged consumers and prompted no le…

Digital Content Delivery

December 8, 2005

Presentation at the December 2005 ECAR Symposium in Carefree, Arizona. Within the context of digital content management, digital content delivery focuses on how digitized or "born digital&qu…

An Update on Digital Libraries

January 1, 2004

People mean a number of different things when they discuss "digital library" activities, including scholarly communication and publishing, teaching and learning, content management, arc…

Digital Rights Management or Digital Rights?

January 1, 2003

As digital objects evolve beyond simple reproductions of their traditional predecessors, Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions must take into account the emerging practices in the digital lands…

Digital Rights Management: More than Meets the Eye

January 1, 2003

"Digital Rights Management" refers to systems that control the distribution and use of electronic content. Who can download what? How long can they keep it? What can they do with it whi…

If You Give a Student a Computer: Managing the Growing Demand for Digital Learning Content

January 1, 2003

The advent of mainstream demand for digital learning materials in higher education portends significant impact on many institutional constituencies. Using the metaphor of Laura Joffe Numeroff'…