Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security

  • Authors:
  • Edward W. Felten;J. Alex Halderman

  • Affiliations:
  • Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University;Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Security and Privacy
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In October 2005, Sysinternals' Mark Russinovich discovered a rootkit on his computer, which he later determined stemmed from a Sony-BMG compact disc. In this article, the authors examine the copy-protection software found on those discs and the implications for digital rights management.