Secure Electronic Delivery (SED) is a service created in 2003 and provided by the
British Library Document Supply Service (BLDSS). Its purpose is to enable faster delivery of digital materials as
encrypted
In cryptography, encryption is the process of encoding information. This process converts the original representation of the information, known as plaintext, into an alternative form known as ciphertext. Ideally, only authorized parties can deci ...
, copyright-compliant
PDF Documents, to a personal e-mail address. These documents are supplied from the British Library via its On Demand service. When the British Library supplies articles electronically, it sends them securely in order to ensure its usage is permitted (research purposes) and copyright law is observed.
Methods
As the
publishing industry, authors and creators become highly protective of their assets and
intellectual property
Intellectual property (IP) is a category of property that includes intangible creations of the human intellect. There are many types of intellectual property, and some countries recognize more than others. The best-known types are patents, cop ...
, they impose strict rules on delivery methods to prevent
copyright infringement
Copyright infringement (at times referred to as piracy) is the use of works protected by copyright without permission for a usage where such permission is required, thereby infringing certain exclusive rights granted to the copyright holder, s ...
. Nowadays,
DRM
DRM may refer to:
Government, military and politics
* Defense reform movement, U.S. campaign inspired by Col. John Boyd
* Democratic Republic of Madagascar, a former socialist state (1975–1992) on Madagascar
* Direction du renseignement milita ...
-enabled secure delivery appears to be the most widely used solution to address issues faced by libraries in supplying ebooks and digital materials to their users. SED, one of these solutions, is using
Adobe LiveCycle
Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES4) is a service-oriented architecture Java EE server software product from Adobe Systems used to build applications that automate a broad range of business processes for enterprises and government agencies. Li ...
Digital Rights Management (LCDRM) as an encryption method to deliver documents.
Advantages
SED offers convenience, quality and speed as documents are delivered upon request at any location and on any device. Requested articles are scanned for high quality reproduction, opened anywhere on any machine, including mobile devices.
Restrictions
The following are restrictions hold in a SED service implementation:
* The digital material is accessible only for 14 days via a link sent to a personal message.
* Due to copyright reasons,
the material can be opened only once, saved for 14 days and does not allow a copy-paste action.
* Upon display, the material must be printed from the same device and reprinted only once.
* The On Demand encryption technology works best on the default Safari browser although other browsers may accommodate it.
See also
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Digital rights management
Digital rights management (DRM) is the management of legal access to digital content. Various tools or technological protection measures (TPM) such as access control technologies can restrict the use of proprietary hardware and copyrighted works. ...
*
Digital asset management
Digital asset management (DAM) and the implementation of its use as a computer application is required in the collection of digital assets to ensure that the owner, and possibly their delegates, can perform operations on the data files.
Termi ...
References
External links
SED Web page
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Content management systems
Document management systems
Data management
Secure communication