Copyright protection for electronic publishing over computer networks

Abstract

One of the major challenges faced by electronic publishing is that of preventing individuals from easily copying and illegally distributing electronic documents. The authors explore the use of cryptographic protocols to discourage the distribution of illicit electronic copies, and propose an architecture and two separate strategies for making electronic document distribution secure.< <ETX xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">&gt;</ETX>