Protection of MP3 Music Files Using Digital Rights Management and Symmetric Ciphering

Author

Serrão, Carlos ; Serra, António ; Dias, Miguel ; Delgado, Jaime

Author_Institution

ADETTI/ISCTE, Ed. ISCTE, Lisboa

fYear

2006

fDate

13-15 Dec. 2006

Firstpage

128

Lastpage

135

Abstract

This paper presents part the work conducted on the 1ST FP6 MediaNet Integrated Project to implement a Media Center solution integrated in a home netwok environment. This Media Center solution - which was called MediaBox $allowed the user to access from his/her home to DRM-protected music from online digital music stores. The paper describes the specific work that was conducted in the protection of the MP3 music files and on the specific mechanisms of the DRM platform. These DRM mechanisms allow both the protection of the music file as well as the conditional music rendering at the end-user side, on a client-side platform - the MediaBox

Keywords

audio coding; copyright; multimedia systems; security of data; MP3 music file protection; Media Center solution; MediaBox; digital rights management; home netwok environment; symmetric ciphering; Application software; Content management; Digital audio players; Hardware; Home automation; Internet; Law; Legal factors; Protection; Technology management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Automated Production of Cross Media Content for Multi-Channel Distribution, 2006. AXMEDIS '06. Second International Conference on

Conference_Location

Leeds

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2625-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AXMEDIS.2006.42

Filename

4041341