Dynamic License Control in Online Electronic Software Distribution
Young-Guk Ha, Shinyoung Lim, Ho-Sang Ham, Hyo-Joon Park, Tai-Yun Kim · IE interfaces · 2000
As the internet dramatically grows, internet electronic commerce is being increased. But, as products distributed with ESD(Electronic Software Distribution) are in the form of electronic file, it is difficult to prohibit illegal copy of products. Therefore, new technology is needed to distinguish legal products from illegal ones. In this paper, we present the ESD's requirements, characteristics and a new dynamic license management technology to prevent illegal copy.