• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.59-72
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• 2016

DRM(Digital Rights Management) is essential for the copy right protection of eBooks based on ePub 3.0 by IDPF. In this paper, we developed eBSS(eBook Service System) as ePub 3.0 builder and viewer system with DRM and proposed an efficient DRM method which improves the performance of contents generation, security and distribution system. The efficient application of DRM method to the eBook contents based on ePub 3.0 for smart phone is practically useful for eBook service system. It is very useful for the suggested eBSS with DRM method and strategy to apply easily and practically to the encryption and decryption of the eBook contents. Also, it is very efficient to generate the ePub 3.0 contents and to apply DRM method to it especially, by using practically this suggested ePub 3.0 builder system from the view point of the eBook content generation and its viewer such as eBook reader for user and eBook providers.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.11 no.6
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• pp.235-245
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• 2011

EBooks refer to electronic versions of books which are accessible via internet with forms of digital texts. In recent years, Amazon's Kindle digital eBooks has revealed the possibilities of success of the e-book market, which leads other companies to launch eBook service such as Google's eBook stores and Apple's iPad and eBook service. These reveal that the eBook market is finally showing a substantial amount of growth. Although the issue of technical support of eBook copyright protection emerges from the fast growing eBook marketplace, current technic of commercial DRM for protecting eBook copyright protection still has problems of non-comparability. Therefore, with the current technical status, DRM comparability problems, which have already occurred in music DRM environment, would also happen in eBook environment. This study suggests a standard framework to support eBook DRM comparability. When development of the standard reference software for eBook DRM comparability is completed, the sources will be registered as shareware to be open to public.

• Journal of Digital Contents Society
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.192-198
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• 2004

This article describes the concept of Right Management of digital contents and the usage and protection of education contents. In this study, we introduce the position of DRM in the e-learning technology and propose a education DRM strategy compare to existing Commerce DRM and Enterprise DRM.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.205-214
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• 2013

The study of the compatibility of EPUB DRM, granted by the Korea Copyright Commission, as a CT R & D project (Project Title: Development of standard reference software technology for the International Standard EPUB-based eBook DRM) developed standards such as profile standards for encryption, digital signature and authentication certificates and standards for technical terms of rights information. In 2012, these four standards have been established as the Korean Industrial Standards under the names of 'Encryption specification for EPUB DRM', 'the Digital signature specification for EPUB DRM', 'the Certificate specification for EPUB DRM', and 'Definitions of Right Terms for EPUB DRM' through the ODPF(Open Digital Standardization Forum) and the TTA(Telecommunications Technology Association). In spite of the establishment of the eBook DRM standards, however, the absence of the standard technology which supports the compatibility for issues and changes of licenses makes it unable to use eBooks served by different eBook distributors. This study tries to investigate technological approaches to methods of license issues supporting eBook DRM compatibility on the basis of the above-mentioned four EPUB DRM standards and to provide an industrially accepted technological model.

• Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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• v.22 no.5
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• pp.1103-1113
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• 2012

DLP technology has been effectively enforcing privacy protection policy in on-line computing environment. However, with wide spread use of smart devices and promotion of smart-works, it has been pointed out that DLP technology cannot effectively prevent privacy leakage at smart devices and is comparatively weak at APT attack. In this paper, we suggests a hybrid approach, PPS, which integrates E-DRM system with DLP technology, taking advantages of both technologies. The technology basically uses encryption function and access control of E-DRM system, and thus it can effectively prevent leakage of privacy information of customers, even if the documents are in the hands of malicious third parties.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.15-21
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• 2015

In order to secure the compatibility of eBook viewers based on EPUB 3.0, IDPF launched an open project of Readium in February 2012, which supports the standard platform for eBook viewers and the related SDK that can be implemented on different OSs. The current EPUB standard, however, does not provide DRM standards to protect eBook copyrights. Therefore, the compatibility of Readium SDK cannot be secured. Even though the Readium project has tried to design a standard reference software in order to apply DRM independently of EPUB standards, it still does not definitely solve compatibility problems of plural DRMs. This paper suggests a compatibility model based on Readium SDK and ContentMudule technology, in which eBook viewers can work together with plural DRM technology.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.16 no.1
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• pp.7-14
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• 2016

In order to guarantee the compatibility of e-Book viewers based on EPUB 3, IDPF launched Readium SDK v1.0 in January, 2015, which was followed by research on the implementation of Readium LCP specifications for user-friendly DRM functions. The complexity of the Readium SDK, however, makes difficulties in interlocking Readium SDK with LCP modules. Moreover, from the perspective of the Readium SDK, which tries to maintain the architecture, independently of any specific DRM technologies, the strong interlock with LCP, as a one DRM, is not desirable. This study represents a Content Protection Framework Model for compatibility of Readium-SDK-based e-Book DRM in order to hide the complexity of Readium SDK and implement an easy interlock between plural DRM and Readium SDK.

• The Journal of the Institute of Internet, Broadcasting and Communication
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• v.12 no.2
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• pp.205-214
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• 2012

IDPF, which builds formats and copyright protection standards of eBooks, has announced ePUB 3.0 as a technical standard of eBooks in October, 2011. This standard includes methods how to represent eBooks and technical specifications to protect eBook content. While technical specifications for content protection describe how to represent encryption and digital signature techniques, they do not identify any technical standards for rights expression but just file names for storages of rights information. It does not provide any unification of copyright information representation and formats used by eBook service companies. When copyright protection techniques for eBooks are used, comparability among eBook readers cannot be expected, even though there is a standard of ePUB. This study suggests a method to maintain compatibility toward eBook DRM by using unified rights information process under circumstances where different eBook service companies use diverse methods. The standard reference software of the model proposed in this study, together with other results of this study, will be offered as a registered open software.

• Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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• v.19 no.12
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• pp.257-266
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• 2014

In this paper, we propose the development of an eBook Service System based on VOD Broadcasting Contents(eBSS-VOD) which protects the illegal copy through the effective DRM strategy. Here, eBSS-VOD is composed of three sub-systems - eBook server management system, ePub Builder, and eBook App - according to the functional points of view. The eBook server management system operates to manage the eBooks, the encription keys, the VOD contents, the membership and the history of users' viewing log. The ePub Builder assists to produce eBooks by DRM strategy. The eBook App provides users with the utility services of VOD viewing and eBook purchase processing. The proposed eBSS-VOD, differently from the current eBook systems, helps to increase the users' interests in reading books and to motivate the users' purchasing needs and it also makes new distribution channel for eBooks based on VOD broadcasting contents through smart applications. We provides the differentiated eBook builder which are based on ePub3.0 and DRM strategy. Through empirical survey results on users' interests and purchase intention for eBooks, we show that the proposed eBSS-VOD has the comparative effects compared to the current systems.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2004.05a
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• pp.57-60
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• 2004

기업의 비즈니스가 인터넷을 통해 확장되고 고객의 요구가 다양해 지면서, E-CRM 시스템의 구축의 필요성이 증가되고 있다. 고객 정보에 대한 수집과 분석이 좀더 정확해 질수록 시스템 구축의 효과가 높아질 뿐만 아니라 마케팅의 성과도 높아진다. 본 논문에서는 컨텐츠의 배포와 유통에 신뢰성을 마련하기 위해 구축하는 DRM 기술에서 learinghouse 내에서 생성되는 고객에 대한 정보를 E-CRM 시스템 구축시 활용하는 모델을 제시 했다.