Research and Markets: The Second Edition of the Business of Digital Copyright - Content Protection and Management in the Consumer Digital Era.

M2 PRESSWIRE-February 25, 2011-: Research and Markets: The Second Edition of the Business of Digital Copyright - Content Protection and Management in the Consumer Digital Era(C)1994-2011 M2 COMMUNICATIONS

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Dublin - Research and Markets

(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/cb3cb9/the_second_edition) has announced the addition of the "The Second Edition of the Business of Digital Copyright - Content Protection and Management in the Consumer Digital Era" report to their offering.

As the anticipated sequel to the ground-breaking first edition, this report, updated with 2004-2008 forecasts, is an essential guide to navigating the digital copyright landscape! It offers a comprehensive analysis, which includes detailed global forecasts of products and services using copy protection and DRM technologies, technical primers for a range of digital content protection technologies, company profiles of the major players, and legal and policy analysis that sheds light on digital content and management on a global scale.

Key Topics Covered:

Chapter 1: Executive Summary

- The new landscape created by the proliferation of digital media

- Digital Consumer Media Content Protection: Explosive Growth

- Opportunities and Challenges

- Key Trends in Content Protection

- Forecast highlights (2004-2008): Digital media content protection revenue

Content-protected devices

Chapter 2: Lay of the Land

- Categories of products and services and explanation of terms:

- Packaged media: DVD video and audio, CD, solid state, D-VHS

- Closed networks:

DTH satellite networks

Digital cable networks

Video DSL networks

Digital satellite radio networks

- Open networks: Internet

Terrestrial digital TV

Terrestrial digital radio

- Mobile networks

- Evolving markets, evolving rules

- Content protection timeline (1947 - 2004)

- What's at Stake

Chapter 3: Digital Copyright Technical Basics

- Analysis of content protection technologies:

- Prerecorded Packaged media

Audio CDs

DVD Video: Content Scramble System

D-VHS: D-Theater

- Portable Media Technologies

- Broadcast Media: Conditional Access Systems

HDTV: Broadcast Flag

- DVD Recorders

- Personal Video Recorders

- Digital Interface Content Protection

IEEE 1394 and DTCP

DVI and HDCP

HDMI and HDCP

- Content Protection for in-home networks

Copy Protection and Interoperable Cable Set-top Boxes

- Digital Radio

Digital satellite radio

Digital terrestrial radio

- Mobile Networks

- Standards solutions

- Proprietary solutions

- Internet Distribution

- Streaming media

- Media downloads

- Digital Rights Management

Chapter 4: The Business of Copyright Protection

- Products and Services that Use Content Protection

CDs

DVDs

DTH satellite

Digital Cable

- Digital Terrestrial Broadcasting

- Video DSL

- Internet Business Models and Revenue Streams

- Prohibiting copying versus managing rights

- Selling media through online services (music and video)

- Types of distribution

- Types of revenue

- Sample Business Models

- DRM costs

Chapter 5: Public and Government Policies

- Overview

- Copyright Law

- International Treaties

- Legal and policy rulings and initiatives

- Historical Precedent in the Digital Age

- Legislative Horizon

- Key Court Decisions

Chapter 6: Profiles of Major Players

- Audible Magic

- Digimarc

- Entriq

- European Union

- U.S. Federal Communications Commission

- IBM

- InterTrust Technologies

- Irdeto Access

- The Walt Disney Co.

- Kuldeski Group

- Macrovision

- Microsoft's Windows Media Division

- NDS

- News Corp.

- RealNetworks

- Sony Corp.

- SunComm

- Thomson

- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)

- World Trade Organization (WTO)

- Others

Chapter 7: Consumer Perspectives

- Characteristics of Successful Content Protection

- Category Analysis

Prerecorded DVD

- Prerecorded CD

Direct-to-home Satellite Service

Digital Cable Service

- Mobile Video and Audio Service

- Internet Streaming

Internet Downloads

Chapter 8: Device and Media Forecasts

- Forecasting Methodology

- Forecast Summary

- Consumer Digital Media Content-Protection Revenue Estimates

DVD Video Players

Digital Video Recorders

- Prerecorded digital video programming

- Prerecorded Audio CDs

- DTH Satellite networks

- Digital cable networks

- Video DSL networks

- Digital Terrestrial Television

- Internet delivered media

- Mobile devices

- Mobile networks

Chapter 9: What Lies Ahead

- Analysis of the future of content protection and digital media and devices.

Glossary of Terms

List of Tables

Content Protection Revenue Summary

Content-Protected Hardware Units Shipped

Categories of Digital Media and Copyright Issues

Total Non-PC DVD Players/Recorders Worldwide

Prerecorded DVD Software

CD Audio Shipments Worldwide

Closed Network Pay-TV Households Worldwide

Closed Network Set-Top Box Shipments Worldwide

Broadband Users by World Region

Digital Content Protection Timeline

Portable Media Copy Protection

Major Conditional Access Suppliers Worldwide

Digital Content Delivery Media and Related Protection Systems 44

CD Replication Worldwide

Regional Breakdown of CD Audio Replication 2003

Digital Media Business Models and Content Protection Costs

Online Media Services 56

Highlights of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act

Key Proponents in the Digital Copyright Debate

Key Provisions of the Digital and Broadband Act

Key Court Cases and Rulings for Digital Media Content 80

Consumer Attitudes on Content Protection Technology

Prerecorded DVD Scorecard

Direct-to-Home Satellite Service Scorecard

Digital Cable Scorecard

Internet Download Scorecard

Mobile Networks Scorecard

Internet Streaming Scorecard

Prerecorded CD Scorecard

Worldwide Content Protection Device & Media Royalty Revenue

Total Digital Media Content Protection Revenue

Content Protection Device & Media Royalty Revenues:

Category Percentage of Total Revenues

Estimated Worldwide Shipmetns of DVD Video Players

With CSS Content Protection

Estimated Worldwide Shipments of DVD Video

With Analog Content Protection

Estimated Worldwide Shipments of DVD Video Devices

With Digital Content Protection

Estimated Worldwide DVD Video Devices Digital Content Protection

Royalty Revenue

CD Audio Copy-Protection Shipment & Royalty Forecasts

Worldwide Prerecorded DVD Video Shipments & Content Protection

Worldwide Prerecorded Video CP Revenue: Digital & Analog

Total Conditional Access License Revenues by Segment

Analog Copy-Protection Revenues by Segment

Digital CP Revenue by Segment

Total CP Revenues by Segment

Total DTH Video Content Protection Royalty Revenue

DTH Satellite Content Protection Revenue Detail

Total Digital Cable Content Protection Royalty Revenue

Digital Cable Content Protection Revenue Detail

Total DSL Video Content Protection Royalty Revenue

Video DSL Content Protection Revenues Detail

Total Digital Terrestrial TV Content Protection Royalty Revenue

Internet DRM Royalty Revenues

Worldwide Mobile DRM License Revenue

Market Size vs Risk Profile

Digital Pay (Closed Networks)

Closed Network Revenues

Segment % of Total Digital STB Content Protection Revenue: by Protection Type

Segment Digital STB Content Protection Revenue: by Protection Type

Packaged Media

Internet Subscriptions & Downloads

Internet DRM Revenues by Type

Internet DRM Revenues % by Type

Mobile Networks

Mobile DRM Revenues by Type

Mobile DRM Revenue % by Type

Companies Mentioned:

- Audible Magic

- Digimarc

- Entriq

- IBM

- InterTrust Technologies

- Irdeto Access

- The Walt Disney Co.

- Kuldeski Group

- Macrovision

- Microsoft

- NDS

- News Corp.

- RealNetworks

- Sony Corp.

- SunComm

- Thomson

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