Legal Protection of DRM Systems: A Critical Analysis on the Conflict of Interest

CONTENTS
Chapter-1;
Introduction;
1.1 Introduction;
1.2 History and conceptual context;
1.3 Hypothesis;
1.4 Research approach;
• Objective;
• Scope and limitations;
1.5 Research Design;
• Nature and method of substantiation;
• Acknowledgement of Sources;
• Chapterisation;
• Research questions;
Chapter- 2
An introduction to Digital Rights Management systems;
2.1 Arguments for enhanced copyright protection in digital environment;
2.2 Arguments against enhanced protection;
2.3 Balancing the interest;
2.4 Technological protection measures;
2.5 Digital rights management;
2.5.1 DRM Process flow;
2.5.2 Versioning;
2.6 Access control and Use control in DRM ;
2.6.1 Access Control;
2.6.2 Usage control;
2.6.3 Technologies used for access control and use control;
2.7 Current status of DRM in Market;
2.8 Problems and limitations of DRM system;
Chapter- 3;
Legal protection of DRM systems
3.1 Legal Framework for Anticircumvention laws;
3.1.1 WIPO Internet treaties;
Objective of the treaties WCT and WPPT;
• Protection against circumvention of technological measures;
• Protecting rights management information;
3.1.2 Theoretical justification for liability for circumvention of protective measures;
3.1.3 DMCA in U.S;
• History;
• Objective;
Development of technological measure;
Definitions;
Anticircumvention provision;
• Act of circumventing technological measures;
• Ban on trafficking;
• Additional Violations Protection of Copyright management information (CMI);
• Protection given to CMI;
• Dissemination of false CMI;
• Removing or altering CMI Species of technological protection to be adopted ;
3.2 Usage contracts;
3.2.1 Enforceability of DRM usage contracts;
3.2.2 Public interest and usage contracts;
3 Trusted systems;
Chapter- 4;
Exemptions from legal protection of DRM;
Part-1;
4.1 Exemptions under the DMCA;
4.1.1 User Exemption;
4.1.2 Libraries, Educational institutions and DRM ;
E-Books and DRM ;
4.1.3 Law enforcement and intelligence gathering;
4.1.4 Reverse engineering;
4.1.5 Encryption research;
4.1.6 Security testing
4.1. 7 Right to privacy;
4.1.8 Protection to minors;
4.1.9 No mandate on design of the equipment;
4.1.10 No effect on other aspects of copyright law;
Part-2;
4.2 Fair use and DRM;
4.2.1 Common law development of fair use doctrine;
4.2.2 Law in U.S;
Part-3
4.3 Other interests of public;
4.3.1 Consumers rights;
4.3.2 Freedom of speech;
4.3.3 Doctrine of first sale;
4.3.4 DMCA and anti-trust laws;
Chapter- 5;
Position in Europe, Australia and India;
5.1 EU Directives;
• Software directive 1991;
• Conditional access Directive 1998;
• Copyright Directive 2001;
5.1.1 Copyright Directive of 200l compared with DMCA;
• Anticircumvention provisions;
• Exceptions;
• Rights management information;
5.1.2 Implementation of Copyright Directive in U.K;
5.1.3 Implementation of Copyright Directive in Germany;
5.2 Law in Australia;
5.2.1 Anticircumvention provisions;
5.2.2 Exemptions;
5.2.3 Electronic rights management information;
5.3 Position in India;
Conclusion