Paper Info
Title
A secure digital asset managment network for game development and education
Abstract
The lack of freely available high-quality game development assets is an issue that affects instructors of courses in game development. When purchasing commercial assets for use in independent games, restrictive license agreements must be agreed to which prohibit the re-distribution of the model data and typically limiting the number of uses to a single project or developer --- licensing the models on a per student basis can become prohibitively expensive. Re-distribution of the asset data is however possible as long as the data is compiled into the executable providing a security through obscurity copy protection scheme. This paper focuses on developing a secure method for distribution of digital assets suitable for educational models of development, i.e. classroom or lab settings. We propose the development of a Secure Digital Rights Management Network that enables flexibility in the use of secured assets while maintaining security and limiting their re-distribution. The application of such a system is to be incorporated into an educational setting where students can use the secure assets during the development of class projects while preventing the re-distribution of the copyrighted data.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1145/1496984.1497022
Futureplay 2007
Keywords
Field
DocType
secure digital asset managment,model data,educational model,secure digital rights management,available high-quality game development,independent game,game development,asset data,educational setting,secure asset,secure method,games,security,digital rights management
Security through obscurity,Computer science,Computer security,Video game development,Purchasing,Game Developer,Digital asset management,Digital asset,Digital rights management,Security management
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
7
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mike Pattrick100.34
Andrew Hogue2306.56
Khalil El-Khatib329430.15