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Digital Rights Management: A Librarian's Guide to Technology and Practice (Chandos Information Professional Series)

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I found this book really useful for anyone dealing with protected content,
whether a librarian, publisher (my field) or an IT professional. It is
comprehensive, thorough and clearly written. It is very difficult to find
a comprehensive discussion of digital rights management. The other
books I have located either focus the legal issues (and usually only for
a single country) or they are books of readings on different aspects of
DRM, such as identity management or watermarking. This book does an
excellent job describing not only the state of the art for rights
management but also the rationale, evolution and business model behind DRM
in a non-biased manner that makes this book of great practical usefulness
for anyone responsible for safeguarding assets. The overview of privacy
issues and strategies to manage user privacy is also of real value since
this is a greatly neglected area in DRM. I would recommend this book to
anyone, particularly to understand the legal and technical aspects of DRM.
It's a great starting point for anyone who wants to really understand DRM
and its usefulness in the 21st century.