TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION AND RESEARCH METHODOLOGY;
I. INTRODUCTION ;
II. AIMS AND OBJECTIVE ;
III. RESEARCH STATEMENT ;
IV. RESEARCH QUESTIONS ;
V. HYPOTHESIS ;
VI. METHODOLOGY AND SOURCE OF DATA ;
VII. MODE OF CITATION ;
VIII. SCOPE AND LIMITATION ;
CHAPTER TWO: MEANIING AND UNDERSTANDING OF DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ;
IX. INTRODUCTION ;
o Digital Copyright ;
o Development of Digital Storage Media ;
o Development of Ripping Technology ;
X. MEANING OF DRM ;
XI. DRM FUNCTIONAL ARCHITECTURE ;
XII. COMPONENTS OF A TYPICAL DRM SYSTEM ;
XIII. CONTENT DELIVERY
XIV. SECURITY AND CONTENT PROTECTION ;
XV. METADATA ;
XVI. RIGHTS OBJECT AND USAGE RIGHTS ;
XVII. LICENSE GENERATION ;
XVIII. AN OVERVIEW OF THE MAJOR OPERATIONS IN A TYPICAL DRM SYSTEM ;
CHAPTER THREE:FAIR USE AND THE PROBLEM OF DRM MISUSE ;
XIX. COPYRIGHT v. DRM ;
XX. PRIVATE USE ;
XXI. BENEFITS OF DRM ;
A. DRM Provides Protection of Digital Content ;
B. DRM Enables Secure Digitized work Distribution ;
C. DRM Ensures Content Authenticity ;
D. DRM Provides for Transaction Non-repudiation ;
E. DRM Supports Participant Identification ;
XXII. DRM MISUSE ;
CHAPTER FOUR: INTERNATIONAL SCENARIO ON DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ;
INTRODUCTION ;
XXIII. DRM IN THE INTERNET TREATIES ;
o EVOLUTION OF WIPO TREATIES ;
o WORLD COPYRIGHT TREATY, 1966, (WCT) & WIPO PERFORMANCES AND PHONOGRAMS TREATY (WPPT) ;
o Definition of the technological protection measures in the WIPO Treaties;
o Scope of rights ;
o Enforcement And Management Of Rights ;
o Emerging copyright issues ;
o Licensing and rights management in digital arena ;
COPYRIGHT LIMITATIONS IN THE DIGITAL ENVIRONMENT ;
DRM AND COPYRIGHT LIMITATIONS AND EXCEPTIONS ;
A. Issues not dealt with in the WIPO Treaties ;
Whether adequate legal protection provided under art. 11 WCT demands a separate anti circumvention legislation? ;
What remedies must be made available to the copyright holders? ;
CHAPTER FIVE :DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGAMENT IN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ;
XXIV. INTRODUCITON ;
XXV. LEGAL FRAMEWORK DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ;
o The Digital Consumer's Bill of Rights ;
o Implementation of WIPO ;
o Overview of Digital Millennium Copyright Act 1998 ;
o Circumvention of Technological Protection Measures ;
o Business of trafficking in circumventing technology ;
o No mandate ;
o Saving Clause ;
o Exceptions ;
o Integrity of Copyright Management Information ;
o Remedies ;
THE DOCTRINE OF FAIR USE ;
ANALYSIS ;
CHAPTER SIX: DIGITAL RIGHT MANAGEMENT IN EUROPEAN UNION ;
XXVI. INTRODUCTION ;
XXVII. EUROPEAN COPYRIGHT LAW ;
o Rights under the Copyright Directive ;
o Exceptions and limitations;
XXVIII. FIRST WAVE ;
o Definition of technological protection measures ;
1. Act of Circumvention ;
Unlike the DMCA, which is more complex and exhaustively detailed, the European Union Copyright Directive (the "EUCD") addresses its anti-circumvention measures in few paragraphs. It provides that;
2. Business of trafficking in circumventing technology ;
o The Voluntary Measures ;
XXIX. SECOND WAVE ;
XXX. ANALYSIS: BALANCING ACT ;
o Scope of prohibition ;
o Unlawful Devices ;
o Prohibition within or outside the Copyright Regime ;
o Boundaries of copyright ;
CHAPTER SEVEN: DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT IN INDIA ;
XXXI. INTRODUCTION ;
XXXII. THE OLDER LAW ;
XXXIII. EVOLUTION OF DRM IN INDIA;
XXXIV. CURRENT LAW AND RELEVANT PROVISIONS ;
o Act of circumvention ;
o What activities amount to circumvention? ;
o Who can be held liable under the Act? ;
o Rights Protected;
o What remedies are available?;
o Exceptions ;
o Whether facilitating circumvention attracts violations ;
CHAPTER EIGHT. CRITICISM OF INDIAN DRM PROVISIONS: COPYRIGTH AMENDMENT ACT 2012 & COMPARISON WITH US & EU ;
A. Economic analysis ;
B. Criminal remedies: How far effective? ;
C. Nature of Piracy In India ;
D. DRM Provisions protecting more than what is required ;
XXXV. ANALYSING INDIAN DRM FROM A RELATIVE VIEWPOINT ;
CHAPTER NINE: CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS ;
BIBLIOGRAPHY.

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