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Cryptography in Media : Where the Technology is Going

Posted by yourlocaltechguy on Mar 7, 2011 in Articles | 0 comments

In the third and final part of the series we will dis­cuss cryp­tog­ra­phy in media and where the tech­nol­ogy might be going. Dig­i­tal Rights Man­age­ment uses dif­fer­ent tech­nolo­gies to pro­tect copy­rights to movies, music and soft­ware.  In 1998, Bill Clin­ton signed the Dig­i­tal Mil­len­nium Copy­right Act (DMCA), which crim­i­nal­ized the pro­duc­tion, dis­sem­i­na­tion, and use of cer­tain crypt­an­a­lytic tech­niques and tech­nol­ogy; specif­i­cally, those that could be used to cir­cum­vent DRM tech­no­log­i­cal schemes. Dig­i­tal Mil­len­nium Copy­right Act DRM is one of the most con­tro­ver­sial uses of cryp­tol­ogy today. Peo­ple argue that they should have the right to copy the media that they pur­chased legally to some other form. This could be copy­ing a CD to an mp3 player or back­ing up a DVD to pro­tect against lose or damage.