In this paper we introduce POLAR, a probabilistic objectoriented logical framework for annotation-based information retrieval. In POLAR, the knowledge about digital objects, annot...
The increasing power of computers, increasing capacity of digital memory and wider availability of a great variety of input devices such as cameras and video recorders, has resulte...
Traitor tracing schemes constitute a very useful tool against piracy in the context of digital content broadcast. In such multi-recipient encryption schemes, the data-suppliers ca...
The Digital Image Archiving System (DIAS) is an image management system, the major functions of which are preserving valuable digital images and serving as an image provider for ex...
: Digital piracy is threatening the global multimedia content industry and blindly applied coercive Digital Right Management (DRM) policies do nothing but legitimizing this piracy....