"digital rights management" news, interviews, and features

News about digital rights management

• Google Images under fire in new EU antitrust complaint

  Photographers' group says Google is exploiting piracy

• France should soften Internet 'three strikes' law, says gov't report

  French copyright enforcement activities should focus on commercial pirates, not file-sharers, says a new report

• Industry group attacks EU plans to overhaul copyright enforcement law

  ISPs could be forced to filter content, warns an electronic-communications industry group

• Intertrust hits Apple with broad patent suit

  The company alleges broad infringement of 15 patents throughout the Mac ecosystem

• Megaupload shutdown boosted movie sales, says study

  The survey covered 12 countries including the U.S.

• ITC confirms investigation of Samsung at Ericsson's request

  Ericsson hopes to prevent some of Samsung's products being imported to the U.S. because of alleged patent violations

Features about digital rights management

• Can digital rights management and the open Web coexist?

  The fight over openness vs. protection of copyright holders has been a contentious issue for as long as digital media has been around

• How DRM could ensure cloud security

  Could much-despised Digital Rights Management (DRM) be an equitable solution to cloud security concerns?