Editorial: Digital technologies for construction management

Editorial: Information Technologies for Emergency and Crisis Situations Management

Editorial: Ict Support for Knowledge Management in Construction

The terms knowledge and knowledge management have been “the hype” for quite some time now. The simple (and much used) argument that knowledge management is “the step after” information management leads to certain delusions. If we expect otherwise, then it may not be long before someone coins the term “wisdom management” and this becomes the focal point of future research and development. On the...

A Survey of Digital Rights Management Technologies

Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to a broad category of access control technologies aimed at restricting the use and copy of digital content on a wide range of devices. We examine some recent and existing technologies that represent the standards of commercial DRM in most of mainstream media formats including film, e-book, broadcast TV, computer games and music. We discuss the architectur...

A Survey of Digital Rights Management Technologies

Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to a broad category of access control technologies aimed at restricting the use and copy of digital content on a wide range of devices. We examine some recent and existing technologies that represent the standards of commercial DRM in most of mainstream media formats including film, e-book, broadcast TV, computer games and music. We discuss the architectur...

Special Issue on Enabling Security Technologies for Digital Rights Management

Modern advancements in communication infrastructure, signal processing, and digital storage technologies have enabled pervasive digital media distribution. Digital distribution allows the introduction of flexible, cost-effective business models that are advantageous to multimedia commerce transactions. The digital nature of the information also enables individuals to manipulate, duplicate, or a...