WATERMARK BASED DIGITAL RIGHT MANAGEMENT

ABSTRACT
The business of content providers is being threatened by technology advances in hardware, software and IP networks resulting in an increasing amount of illegal copies available online as well as offline. Digital rights management standards are being developed for the digital content and digital watermarking, a popular technique for content authentication and forgery prevention is viewed as an enabling technology to protect distributed content from unauthorized reuse, or reuse with inadequate credit. This paper establishes the role of an administrative body, by the name of Central Watermarking Body, in sharing the responsibilities of the content providers, in securing the genuine content and in protecting the rights of the customers by allowing them to judge if the content they have paid for, is genuine. The paper also highlights the objectives, technological details, the economic feasibility, the issues pertaining to the practical implementation and the limitations of the watermark based DRM model.

TABLE OF CONTENT
TITLE PAGE                                   
CERTIFICATION                               
APPROVAL                               
DEDICATION                                   
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT                       
ABSTRACT                                   
TABLE OF CONTENT       

                        
CHAPTER ONE
1.0    INTRODUCTION                           
1.1    STATEMENT OF PROBLEM                       
1.2    PURPOSE OF STUDY                           
1.3    AIMS AND OBJECTIVES                        
1.4    SCOPE/DELIMITATIONS                       
1.5    LIMITATIONS/CONSTRAINTS                       
1.6    DEFINITION OF TERMS                        
CHAPTER TWO
2.0    LITERATURE REVIEW                            
CHAPTER THREE
3.0    METHODS FOR FACT FINDING AND DETAILED DISCUSSIONS OF THE SYSTEM
3.1     METHODOLOGIES FOR FACT-FINDING
3.2    DISCUSSIONS             
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0    FUTURES, IMPLICATIONS AND CHALLENGES OF THE SYSTEM
4.1    FUTURES
4.2    IMPLICATIONS
4.3    CHALLENGES
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0    RECOMMENDATIONS, SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION       
5.1    RECOMMENDATION                           
5.2    SUMMARY                               
5.3    CONCLUSION                               
5.4    REFERENCES