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Obligations Concerning Digital Rights Management (DRM) in International Law - What are the Strategies for Developing Countries to Deal with DRM from Legal Perspective?

Wang, Zicheng LU (2025) HARN63 20251
Department of Business Law
Abstract
With the rapid development of Digital Rights Management (DRM), Technological Protection Measures (TPM) and Rights Management Information (RMI) as components of DRM have become essential tools for safeguarding copyright. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) were the first international agreements to establish protections for TPM and RMI. Subsequently, modern Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have introduced more complex and comprehensive protection requirements for TPM and RMI. This study reviews the core obligations in these treaties... (More)
With the rapid development of Digital Rights Management (DRM), Technological Protection Measures (TPM) and Rights Management Information (RMI) as components of DRM have become essential tools for safeguarding copyright. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) were the first international agreements to establish protections for TPM and RMI. Subsequently, modern Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have introduced more complex and comprehensive protection requirements for TPM and RMI. This study reviews the core obligations in these treaties and analyzes the domestic implementation in Vietnam and Mexico—two representative developing countries that have recently implemented copyright reforms. Additionally, this study explores the potential impacts that may arise in the application of DRM. Based on the above findings, this study provides policy recommendations for developing countries, including seeking flexibility in FTAs, improving domestic legal frameworks, seeking technical assistance, and paying attention to the social impacts that reforms may bring. (Less)
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author
Wang, Zicheng LU
supervisor
organization
course
HARN63 20251
year
type
H1 - Master's Degree (One Year)
subject
keywords
Digital Rights Management, WIPO Copyright Treaty, Free Trade Agreements, Technological Protection Measures, Rights Management Information, Obligation, Implementation.
language
English
id
9192353
date added to LUP
2025-06-03 12:58:36
date last changed
2025-06-03 12:58:36
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  abstract     = {{With the rapid development of Digital Rights Management (DRM), Technological Protection Measures (TPM) and Rights Management Information (RMI) as components of DRM have become essential tools for safeguarding copyright. The WIPO Copyright Treaty (WCT) and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (WPPT) were the first international agreements to establish protections for TPM and RMI. Subsequently, modern Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) such as the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), and the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) have introduced more complex and comprehensive protection requirements for TPM and RMI. This study reviews the core obligations in these treaties and analyzes the domestic implementation in Vietnam and Mexico—two representative developing countries that have recently implemented copyright reforms. Additionally, this study explores the potential impacts that may arise in the application of DRM. Based on the above findings, this study provides policy recommendations for developing countries, including seeking flexibility in FTAs, improving domestic legal frameworks, seeking technical assistance, and paying attention to the social impacts that reforms may bring.}},
  author       = {{Wang, Zicheng}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Obligations Concerning Digital Rights Management (DRM) in International Law - What are the Strategies for Developing Countries to Deal with DRM from Legal Perspective?}},
  year         = {{2025}},
}