Computer related risks
Practical Unix and Internet security (2nd ed.)
Practical Unix and Internet security (2nd ed.)
Communications of the ACM - Digital rights management
Models and Languages for Digital Rights
HICSS '01 Proceedings of the 34th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences ( HICSS-34)-Volume 9 - Volume 9
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker
Firewalls and Internet Security: Repelling the Wily Hacker
Secure spread spectrum watermarking for multimedia
IEEE Transactions on Image Processing
Exploiting self-similarities to defeat digital watermarking systems: a case study on still images
Proceedings of the 2004 workshop on Multimedia and security
The many colors of multimedia security
Communications of the ACM - The Blogosphere
SmartPro: A Smart Card Based Digital Content Protection for Professional Workflow
CARDIS '08 Proceedings of the 8th IFIP WG 8.8/11.2 international conference on Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications
How much material on BitTorrent is infringing content? A case study
Information Security Tech. Report
Secure mutual distrust transaction tracking using cryptographic elements
IWDW'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Digital Watermarking
The bittorrent p2p file-sharing system: measurements and analysis
IPTPS'05 Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Peer-to-Peer Systems
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Unauthorized copying of movies is a major concern for the motion picture industry. While unauthorized copies of movies have been distributed via portable physical media for some time, low-cost, high-bandwidth Internet connections and peer-to-peer file sharing networks provide highly efficient distribution media. Many movies are showing up on file sharing networks shortly after, and in some cases prior to, theatrical release. It has been argued that the availability of unauthorized copies directly affects theater attendance and DVD sales, and hence represents a major financial threat to the movie industry. Our research attempts to determine the source of unauthorized copies by studying the availability and characteristics of recent popular movies in file sharing networks. We developed a data set of 312 popular movies and located one or more samples of 183 of these movies on file sharing networks, for a total of 285 movie samples. 77% of these samples appear to have been leaked by industry insiders. Most of our samples appeared on file sharing networks prior to their official consumer DVD release date. Indeed, of the movies that had been released on DVD as of the time of our study, only 5% first appeared after their DVD release date on a web site that indexes file sharing networks, indicating that consumer DVD copying currently represents a relatively minor factor compared with insider leaks. We perform a brief analysis of the movie production and distribution process and identify potential security vulnerabilities that may lead to unauthorized copies becoming available to those who may wish to redistribute them. Finally, we offer recommendations for reducing security vulnerabilities in the movie production and distribution process.