Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey

Three-dimensional (3-D) printing has become a key technology, changing industry paradigms in many sectors, including automobiles, aerospace, medical applications, content production, and service areas. However, 3-D printing introduces many copyright infringement issues for digital 3-D objects becaus...

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Main Authors: Jong-Uk Hou, Dongkyu Kim, Won-Hyuk Ahn, Heung-Kyu Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8430523/
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description Three-dimensional (3-D) printing has become a key technology, changing industry paradigms in many sectors, including automobiles, aerospace, medical applications, content production, and service areas. However, 3-D printing introduces many copyright infringement issues for digital 3-D objects because the object data can be directly printed and distributed both online and physically. New distribution scenarios not previously considered also pose new content security problems. This paper reviews intellectual property protection issues and solutions in the 3-D printing environment. We summarize various requirements not previously considered in the literature, defining infringement issues for new technology scenarios and requirements. We then analyze existing copyright security technology coverage according to those scenarios and various other aspects, and present the pros and cons of each technology and future research directions. The presented scenarios and reviews will provide significant benefits for the future development of reliable technologies that protect the 3-D printing intellectual property.
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spelling doaj.art-9b82d86b196e4d0d9b6f96b19e8fe40d2022-12-21T20:02:28ZengIEEEIEEE Access2169-35362018-01-016440824409310.1109/ACCESS.2018.28643318430523Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and SurveyJong-Uk Hou0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7101-0244Dongkyu Kim1Won-Hyuk Ahn2Heung-Kyu Lee3School of Computing, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Computing, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Computing, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South KoreaSchool of Computing, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, South KoreaThree-dimensional (3-D) printing has become a key technology, changing industry paradigms in many sectors, including automobiles, aerospace, medical applications, content production, and service areas. However, 3-D printing introduces many copyright infringement issues for digital 3-D objects because the object data can be directly printed and distributed both online and physically. New distribution scenarios not previously considered also pose new content security problems. This paper reviews intellectual property protection issues and solutions in the 3-D printing environment. We summarize various requirements not previously considered in the literature, defining infringement issues for new technology scenarios and requirements. We then analyze existing copyright security technology coverage according to those scenarios and various other aspects, and present the pros and cons of each technology and future research directions. The presented scenarios and reviews will provide significant benefits for the future development of reliable technologies that protect the 3-D printing intellectual property.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8430523/Additive manufacturing3D printingintellectual propertycopyright protectiondigital watermarkingdigital right management
spellingShingle Jong-Uk Hou
Dongkyu Kim
Won-Hyuk Ahn
Heung-Kyu Lee
Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
IEEE Access
Additive manufacturing
3D printing
intellectual property
copyright protection
digital watermarking
digital right management
title Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
title_full Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
title_fullStr Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
title_full_unstemmed Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
title_short Copyright Protections of Digital Content in the Age of 3D Printer: Emerging Issues and Survey
title_sort copyright protections of digital content in the age of 3d printer emerging issues and survey
topic Additive manufacturing
3D printing
intellectual property
copyright protection
digital watermarking
digital right management
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8430523/
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