Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security

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January/February 2006 (vol. 4 no. 1) pp. 18-23

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	Edward W. Felten, J. Alex Halderman, "Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 18-23, January/February, 2006.

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	@article{ 10.1109/MSP.2006.12, author = {Edward W. Felten and J. Alex Halderman}, title = {Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security}, journal ={IEEE Security and Privacy}, volume = {4}, number = {1}, issn = {1540-7993}, year = {2006}, pages = {18-23}, doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MSP.2006.12}, publisher = {IEEE Computer Society}, address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA}, }

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Edward W. Felten, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University

J. Alex Halderman, Center for Information Technology Policy, Princeton University

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.

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Sony-BMG, rootkits, rootkit, copyright protection, digital rights, Sony, BMG, PGP, pretty good privacy, cryptography, VoIP

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Edward W. Felten, J. Alex Halderman, "Digital Rights Management, Spyware, and Security," IEEE Security and Privacy, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 18-23, Jan./Feb. 2006, doi:10.1109/MSP.2006.12

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