Objectives for Securing NextGeneration Optical Discs

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Objectives for Securing Next-Generation Optical
Discs
Cryptography Research, Inc.
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Guiding Principles

• Free market economics
• Technical systems should enable market-based
  solutions to security problems.
• Risk management
• Piracy is a problem like credit card fraud, and
  is neither feasible nor necessary to eliminate
  completely.
• Best practices
• Systems need to provide the best range of
  security features with the best possible
  assurances of security.

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Principle Free Market Economics

• Studios and CE/IT companies should maximize their
  profits by meeting customer demand while working
  to control piracy.
• Vendors that provide tools should compete to
  offer studios the best systems and security
  features.
• Security decisions should be based on
  cost/benefit analysis.

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Principle Risk Management

• Content owners should gain as much knowledge as
  possible about piracy events while respecting
  privacy.
• For every attack, including unexpected attacks,
  content owners should have the broadest possible
  range of responses.
• Parties that incur risk should have the ability
  and responsibility for controlling it.

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Principle Best Practices

• Security should be based on strong cryptography
  and other well-understood primitives and
  techniques.
• Designs should be produced by experienced experts
  whose objective is to mitigate piracy.
• Parties that rely on the security should be able
  to evaluate and understand it.