DRM 2012 - 8th IEEE International Workshop on Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications

8th IEEE International Workshop on Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer Communications

14th January, 2012, Las Vegas, Nevada

Satellite Workshop of 9th IEEE Consumer Communications & Networking Conference

(IEEE CCNC 2012)

Goals and Topics
Consumers and consumer electronics are increasingly using the Internet for distribution of digital goods, including digital versions of books, articles, music, video, games, software, images and 3D content. The growing popularity of tablets, e-readers and smartphones is introducing new publishing approaches and business models. Digital distribution is now a mature area, but the balance between the protection of content, and flexibility and security for consumers remains a challenge.

Organizations are also increasingly concerned with information protection and control within and beyond the corporate perimeter for reasons including traceability, compliance, accountability and persistent management of intangible assets. The ease with which digital goods can be copied and redistributed makes the Internet well suited for unauthorized copying, modification and redistribution. The increasing use of cloud-based storage, along with the rapid adoption of new technologies such as high-bandwidth connections, wireless networks, peer-to-peer networks and surface computing is accelerating this process.

This one-day workshop on Digital Rights Management addresses problems faced by all stakeholders in this ecosystem including rights owners ? who seek to protect their intellectual property rights and develop innovative business models ? and end users ? who seek to protect their privacy, enjoy a good user experience and preserve access they benefit from using traditional media.

Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems are intended to protect the rights of content owners in scenarios in which the participants often have conflicting goals and interests. This adversarial situation introduces interesting new twists on classical problems studied in cryptology and security research, such as key management and access control. Furthermore, novel security mechanisms and innovative designs can enable new business models and applications.

The workshop format will be highly interactive, based on a series of presentations held in a panel/forum type of environment to encourage discussion of topics and issues.

The workshop seeks submissions (consisting of a paper) on all theoretical and practical aspects of DRM, as well as experimental studies of fielded systems on topics including, but not limited to, the following.

DRM protocols
Architectures for DRM systems
Protection in evolving content areas (3D data, software distribution, social networking data)
Interoperability
Auditing
Micropayment and content remuneration
New Business models for online content distribution
Copyright-law issues, including but not limited to fair use
Rights expression languages
Digital policy management
Information ownership
Privacy and anonymity
Risk management
New DRM approaches and models
Robust identification of digital content
Security issues (authorization, encryption, tamper resistance, watermarking)
Threat and vulnerability assessment
Usability aspects of DRM systems (user acceptance, experience, awareness)
Societal and public policy issues
Implementations and case studies
Guidelines for Submission
Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published. The paper should be used as the basis for a 20 - 30 minute workshop presentation.

Manuscripts should be written in English conforming to the IEEE standard conference format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column) and not exceed 5 pages in length. Submission of papers should be regarded as a commitment such that, if accepted, at least one author of the paper will register and attend the conference; otherwise it will be removed from the IEEE Digital Library after the conference.