(1304.pdf) WHAT IS DIGITAL RIGHT MANAGEMENT'S ROLE IN MODERN EDUCATION SYSTEM'S PLAY? A COMPARATIVE RESEARCH OF DRM SYSTEM'S INFLUENCE IN EDUCATION WORLD

摘要

The unbelievable speed of technology development initiated a massive scale fancy of technicalinnovations after the pioneering industrial revolution. It is the very first time people recognized that thepositive sectors of new technology benefit their life and at the same time, however, its disadvantageshad brought a controversial debate with respect to the interest balance which asked for scholars andlegislators' attention as well. Digital right management (DRM), as a kind of technical tool whichprotects and manages intellectual property information and material during the process of creation,communication, distribution and exploitation of the digital content, is posing an immense influenceespecially on physical copyright regime and traditional scrupulous balancing of interest betweenauthors and the general public. The situation that the general public explore copyright materialshappened in digital environment seems much knotty to deal with than that in physical world.DRM scheme strictly controls the public's access to and further use of digital content as a result thatright holders are able to overstep the boundary of their specific right which is protected by copyright.Lacking of standardization is acknowledged by scholars and professional insiders as the crucialproblems nowadays nagged by DRM technologies and the matter to be solved promptly by DRMsoftware designers and legislators. Previous researches have explored the relationship between DRMtechnology and the general public's access to the copyrighted works and other information knowledgein digital environment as well as the current legal dilemma encountered by various countries'legislation, but little attention has been paid to the part of DRM technology or technological protectionmeasure which is DRM's main element in worldwide modern education development.This paper aims to clarify erroneous remarks about DRM scheme in the context of digital educationalenvironment based on literature analysis and comparative research adopted. The objective of thepaper is to state the deficiencies about the present practices on balancing the relationship betweenthe copyright holders' benefit and the public' demand of information. As the influence from digitaltechnology on copyright system has not completely revealed and copyright system itself has not yetfully responded to these impact, either. The existing situation that unbalanced interest undereducational system and chaotic applicability of copyright provisions is treated the requisite stagetowards a perfect copyright world. These findings highlight the potential attention of educationalaccess to digital copyrighted works in spite of DRM's excessive obstructing.