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Addressing Security Challenges in Copyright Management Applications: The Blockchain Perspective

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Advanced Information Networking and Applications (AINA 2024)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies ((LNDECT,volume 204))

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Today, the field of copyright management faces several security vulnerabilities, making it a target for various types of rights violations, including piracy and unauthorized use of creative works. In this context, blockchain technology has emerged as a robust solution in this sector as it offers enhanced security, trust for creators, and increased transparency. In this paper, we first present an overview of four main applications in the field of copyright management: (1) management of licenses and royalties, (2) market for artworks, (3) registration and protection of works, and (4) proof of anteriority. We then analyze in details the critical security vulnerabilities of these applications. Subsequently, we explain how blockchain technology can be used to mitigate these vulnerabilities. Finally, we discuss possible methods of preventing common blockchain-based attacks in these copyright management applications.

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  1. LISITE Laboratory, ISEP, 10 Rue de Vanves, 92130, Issy-les-Moulineaux, France

    Nour El Madhoun, Saad El Jaouhari & Djamel Mesbah

  2. Sorbonne Université, CNRS, LIP6, 4 place Jussieu, 75005, Paris, France

    Nour El Madhoun

  3. Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS, Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique, 91190, Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    Nour El Madhoun & Djamel Mesbah

  4. SAMOVAR, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France

    Badis Hammi

  5. Adservio Group, T. Franklin, 100 101 Terr. Boieldieu Ét. 9, 92800, Puteaux, France

    Djamel Mesbah

  6. Lebanese University, Faculty of Technology, Department Communications and Computer Networks Engineering, Beirut, Lebanon

    Elsi Ahmadieh

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El Madhoun, N., Hammi, B., El Jaouhari, S., Mesbah, D., Ahmadieh, E. (2024). Addressing Security Challenges in Copyright Management Applications: The Blockchain Perspective. In: Barolli, L. (eds) Advanced Information Networking and Applications. AINA 2024. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, vol 204. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-57942-4_18

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