Abstract
Protecting the rights to intellectual property and digital content, whether distributed via a
physical (CD, DVD) or virtual medium (telecommunications and distribution networks) lies at the
heart of a battle whose outcome will have implications for all players.
Digital distribution and protection against unauthorised copying
- Usages have moved into the digital era: copying, transferring, recording, handling, exchanging
etc.
- Are digital breaches that enable unrestricted content handling being eradicated?
- Is digital rights management a condition for the equitable development of the virtual content
distribution market?
- Technical protection measures versus the right to private copying, or how to protect rights
holders and consumers?
DRM offerings
- DRM market confronted by very diverse players strategies.
- Will IT and consumer electronics players continue to pursue a strategy conflicting with rights
holders interests?
- DRM interoperability, a difficult target to achieve for some, a reality for the world of mobile
telecommunications
Virtual distribution: challenges and opportunities
- The music sector, peer-to-peers first victim, is now a pioneer in virtual content distribution.
- Ensuring effective content protection, a precondition to deploying virtual film distribution
offerings.
Towards the co-existence of multiple models?
- The horizontal CD/DVD model combined with protection measures against copying.
- A vertical model related to pay television, video and music.
- The future of the MP3 model and of DIVX to some degree.
- Is a horizontal model linked to mobile telephony emerging?
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