NIST issues Digital Rights Management (DRM) reference. (General Developments).In March 2002, experts at a NIST (National Institute of Standards & Technology, Washington, DC, www.nist.gov) The standards-defining agency of the U.S. government, formerly the National Bureau of Standards. It is one of three agencies that fall under the Technology Administration (www.technology. cross-industry DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M workshop recommended that NIST take first steps toward a guide of standards organizations A standards organization, also sometimes referred to as a standards body, a standards development organization or SDO (depending on what is being referenced), is any entity whose primary activities are developing, coordinating, promulgating, revising, amending, active in the field. Assisted by numerous industry participants, NIST is now distributing a 15-page guide, NIST Special Publication 500-241, A Quick-Reference List of Organizations and Standards for Digital Rights Management, (October 2002). The guide is available electronically at www.nist.gov/SP500-241. Today, digital rights management, sometimes called intellectual property management and protection, is a chaotic, noisy mix of technology, policy, law, and business practice. Nonetheless, areas of real success are appearing. College e-text publishing now shows profits for several major New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of publishers, with rates of growth approaching 60 % a year. Several electronic newspaper multimedia formats are in progress. The promise of the technology has attracted several government agencies that want to protect their sensitive documents. Similarly, the academic community is proposing a scholarly works system tied to the development of Internet II See Internet2. . CONTACT: Gordon Lyon, (301) 975-5679; gordon. lyon@nist.gov. |
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