Category
page 1Digital rights management
digital rights management
technology to control access to software or digital content
digital distribution
delivery method of media content
copy protection
method or effort designed to prevent the reproduction of software, films, music, and other media, usually for copyright reasons
Internet filter
software that restricts or controls what content an Internet user can access
DVD region code
characteristic of DVDs
World Intellectual Property Organization Copyright Treaty
treaty
regional lockout
type of digital rights management
conditional access system
in broadcast engineering
Defective by Design
campaign by the Free Software Foundation opposing digital rights management
Content ID
copyright detection system
John Walker
Computer programmer and co-founder of Autodesk (1949-2024)
software protection dongle
electronic copy protection and content protection device
analog hole
perceived fundamental and inevitable vulnerability in copy protection schemes
Conax
thumb|right|A Conax CAM module manufactured by SMiT
Conax develops television encryption, conditional access and content security for digital television. Conax provide CAS technology to pay TV operators in 85 countries. The company has offices in Norway (headquarters), Russia, Germany, Brazil, the United States, Canada, Mexico, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, China, Singapore, and India, with a 24/7 Global Support Center in India.
Open Rights Group
UK digital rights advocacy group
Empress
video game cracker
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
business enterprise
The Right to Read
short story by Richard Stallman
Secure Digital Music Initiative
forum formed in 1998
Francis Muguet
French activist (1955–2009)
controlled digital lending
library practice of circulating digitized works, instead of print versions
television encryption
encryption used to control access to pay television services, usually cable or satellite television services
Active Directory Rights Management Services
Microsoft server software for information rights management
Information Rights Management
DIVX
DIVX (Digital Video Express) is a discontinued digital video format. Created in part by Circuit City, it was an unsuccessful attempt to create an alternative to video rental in the United States by the mid–late 1990s. The format's poor reception from consumers resulted in major financial losses for Circuit City and is credited with being part of the company's downfall.
Sony BMG copy protection rootkit scandal
Sony BMG's implementation of copy protection measures