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Digital Rights Management - Topics A-Z
Topics A-Z listing of articles and resources about digital rights management within government.
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- Digital rights management - United Kingdom - Archive
- Articles and resources about trends and issues relating to digital rights management in the government.
Added: 15 December 2005
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- Archives NZ takes on government rights management role
- Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management functions move from SSC, By Computerworld staff Auckland. Computerworld, 21 March, 2008. "The State Services Commission's e-government unit has divested itself of yet another function, shifting development of trusted computing and digital rights management standards to Archives New Zealand..."
Added: 25 March 2008;
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- BCS calls for end-users to be engaged in digital rights management discussion
- Public Technology, 18 October 2007. "With the number of people who are illegally downloading music rising by 7% over the last year, a new book from the British Computer Society (BCS) looks at the issue of Digital Rights Management..."
Added: 22 October 2007;
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- NARA says no to DRM software
- Digital rights management software poses a new challenge for records managers, By Jason Miller. Federal Computer Week, June 18, 2007. "Officials at the National Archives and Records Administration have growing concerns about the effect of digital rights management software on federal records. Allen Weinstein, the nation’s archivist, has issued a new policy stating that NARA will not accept electronic records that include such software..."
Added: 21 June 2007;
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- Government wary of 'trusted computing'
- State Services Commission fears agencies could lose control over government documents, By Stephen Bell. Computerworld, 21 May 2007. "Democratic rights and obligations could be imperilled when Trusted Computing technologies and digital rights management arrive on new systems, says the manager of the State Service Commission's e-government strategy and policy team, Hugh McPhail..."
Added: 21 May 2007;
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- Government keen to set DRM limits
- SSC produces guide to managing 'trusted computing' and hopes other countries will join the debate, By Stephen Bell. Computerworld, 11 September, 2006. "New Zealand could set an example to other governments, with its "principles and policies" on digital rights management (DRM) and managing trusted computing (TC) within government..."
Added: 11 September 2006;
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- Government Acts to Maintain Information Integrity
- New Zealand State Services Commission, 5 September 2006. "The State Services Commission today released guidance aimed at ensuring that new technologies do not undermine the ability of the government to protect information privacy, security and accessibility. The Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management Principles and Policies ensure New Zealand government-held information or related government systems are not adversely affected by these technologies..."
Added: 8 September 2006;
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- Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management Principles & Policies
- State Services Commission. Version 1.0, 5 September 2006. "The New Zealand Government Trusted Computing and Digital Rights Management Principles and Policies were developed in 2006 in anticipation of the growing usage of trusted computing and digital rights management technologies. The aim of the principles and policies is to ensure that the use of trusted computing and digital rights management technologies does not adversely affect the integrity (including availability and confidentiality) of government-held information or related government systems..."
Added: 8 September 2006;
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- NZ draws line on DRM and trusted computing
- By Rob O'Neill. ZDNet Australia, 5 September 2006. "New Zealand’s lead state-sector authority has drawn a line in the sand to ensure government information security is not compromised by new "trusted computing" and digital rights management (DRM) technologies..."
Added: 8 September 2006;
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- Managing rights in the digital age: TechWatch publishes new report
- Source: JISC. eGov Monitor, 10 July 2006. "The protection of rights over digital content is becoming increasingly visible to the general public as the rights controls associated with newer technologies such as DVD films and iPod music players start to make their presence felt. Technology, in the form of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems that enforce rights protection policies, has a major role to play. As both rights holders and rights users, however, universities and colleges often need both to grant and use their rights in ways that are not catered for by the 'blanket' approach of most commercial DRM systems, for example through fair dealing for non-commercial research, library privilege and exceptions for examinations..."
Added: 12 July 2006;
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- Digital Rights Expression Languages (DRELs) - in pdf format (419kb)
(This document requires the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader). by Chris Barlas. JISC, July 2006. "The protection of rights over digital content is becoming increasingly visible to the general public as the rights controls associated with newer digital technologies such as DVD films and iPod music players start to make their presence felt. This is no less true in the education world where digitised research and teaching content is being handled through libraries, VLEs and Web portals. This change is throwing up new issues regarding rights protection, copyright and the need to understand the technological issues involved. Technology, in the form of the Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems which enforce rights protection policies, has a major role to play. But how do these rights get expressed in the first place? For humans they are documented in formal statements, codified in laws and expressed in contracts and terms and conditions. However, in order for rights to be handled by computer systems they must be expressed in a formal, machine-readable manner and this is the subject of this TechWatch report: Digital Rights Expression Languages (DRELs)..."
Added: 12 July 2006;
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- Library warns of 'more restrictive' DRMs
- Source: British Library. eGov Monitor, 8 June 2006. "The British Library’s Chief Executive this week warned of some of the unintended consequences of the widespread adoption of Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems and urged policymakers to balance the rights of content creators with the need to maintain access in the public good..."
Added: 8 June 2006;
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