Digital Rights Management in Digital Libraries: An Introduction to Technology, Effects and the Available Open Source Tools

摘要

The purpose of this article is to summarize the development and application of Digital Rights Management (DRM) in the digital library scenario. The authors identify the effects of DRM on the trinity of digital libraries – the creators, the content and the consumers. And, introduce the Open source projects on DRM. The article summarizes the technology process and effects of DRM in digital libraries within a legal frame work.ud