Protection
Section 6
Technical measures
You will only really need to use these if you want to ensure that only certain
parties can have access to your materials and that your materials are secure.
There is a number of ways of doing this.
Digital Rights Management
Digital rights management or DRM systems are commonly used these days.
They are any hardware or software that ensures that only authorised users
can access digital materials.
Authentication systems
You could also use authentication systems such as ATHENS for protection
(www.athens.ac.uk). ATHENS is a nationwide authentication system
that allows access to a large number of different databases with a single
username and password.
Gating
As with ATHENS, this allows you to access materials once you have
identified yourself through a user name and password.
And the other way round…
If you are looking to use third party materials which have been placed
on-line, you also need to watch out for terms and conditions and licences
which might govern any use you make of third party materials. Even if there
are no such conditions, this does not mean that you can use third party
materials without seeking consent. This could still be an infringement.
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