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The modern technologies of the digital age make it very easy to copy and to distribute copies of nearly any kind of content by a mere “maus-click”. Therefore effective Copy Control Systems, nowadays as “Digital Rights Management Systems” or “Copy Protection Systems” circumscribed, are the basic condition for the survival of the content industries.
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Lejeune, M. (2003). Protection of Digital Content and DRM Technologies in the USA. In: Becker, E., Buhse, W., Günnewig, D., Rump, N. (eds) Digital Rights Management. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2770. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/10941270_24
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