Research Of Digital Rights Protection For Audio And Video Products

The audio and vedio products include Digital Television, Digital Movie, and Digital Music. The audio and vedio industry is one of the rising markets in China with the rapid pace of development in digital and internet technology over the past several years. According to the statistics from the Information Industry Bureau, the audio and vedio industry is going to be the top information industry in China in 5 years. Therefore, with the tremendous development in this field, the transform from analog signals to digital signals in audio and vedio products is an inevitable trend in the near future.However, as we all know, although new technology will bring people a lot of blessings, it also could be accompanied with different side effects. The most advantageous functions of digital audio and vedio products are as follows: the digital signals within audio and vedio products will not eliminate when these signals are copied, transmitted, or modified. On the other side, this advantage makes piracy extremely simple. People can upload any digital resources on interenet without authorization. Therefore, many challenging problems appear in not only production and distribution for the audio and vedio products, but also macro policies and Intellectual Properties Rights (IPR) protection.The Chapter One of this thesis focuses on the general introduction to the worldwide and Chinese audio and vedio industres. In Chapter Two, the basic concept of audio and vedio products is defined. In Chapter Three, Four and Five, the existing IPR problems in the audio and vedio industry in the circumstance of highly developed digital and internet technology are further introduced and analyzed. Chapter Six emphasizes on the significance of IPR protection for promoting the audio and vedio industry, and help this industry to develop healthily. In Chapter Seven, many experience, cases and regulations concerning the IPR protection for audio and vedio products in developed countries are analyzed. In the last part of this essay, several solutions to the existing problems are proposed as suggestions to further develop the IPR mechanism and strategy for the industry of audio and vedio products in China.