Location Constraints in Digital Rights Management

Authors

Adam Muhlbauer, University of WollongongFollow
Reihaneh Safavi-Naini, University of WollongongFollow
Farzad Salim, University of WollongongFollow
Nicholas Paul Sheppard, University of WollongongFollow
Martin Jan Surminen, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

22495

Publication Details

This article was originally published as Muhlbauer, A, Safavi-Naini, R, Salim, F, Sheppard, NP and Surminen, M, Location Constraints in Digital Rights Management, Advanced Location-Based Services, Computer Communications, 31(6), 2008, 1173-1180. Original article available here.

Abstract

Digital rights management allows information owners to control the use and dissemination of electronic documents via a machine-readable licence. This paper describes the design and implementation of a system for creating and enforcing licences containing location constraints that can be used to restrict access to sensitive documents to a defined area. Documents can be loaded onto a portable device and used in the approved areas, but cannot be used if the device moves to another area. Our contribution includes a taxonomy for access control in the presence of requests to perform non-instantaneous controlled actions.