SecureRights: A Blockchain-Powered Trusted DRM Framework for Robust Protection and Asserting Digital Rights

TL;DR

SecureRights is a blockchain-based DRM framework that combines watermarking, perceptual hashing, QR codes, and IPFS to protect digital content rights and authenticate ownership securely.

Contribution

It introduces an integrated blockchain-powered DRM system utilizing multiple techniques for enhanced digital rights protection and ownership verification.

Findings

SecureRights effectively resists various digital content attacks.

The framework provides secure, timestamped watermark storage on blockchain.

It simplifies digital rights assertion with robust protection mechanisms.

Abstract

In the dynamic realm of digital content, safeguarding intellectual property rights poses critical challenges. This paper presents "SecureRights," an innovative Blockchain-based Trusted Digital Rights Management (DRM) framework. It strengthens the defence against unauthorized use and streamlines the claim of digital rights. Utilizing blockchain, digital watermarking, perceptual hashing, Quick Response (QR) codes, and the Interplanetary File System (IPFS), SecureRights securely stores watermark information on the blockchain with timestamp authentication. Incorporating perceptual hashing generates robust hash tokens based on image structure. The addition of QR codes enhances the watermarking, offering a comprehensive solution for resilient intellectual property rights protection. Rigorous evaluations affirm SecureRights' resilience against various attacks, establishing its efficacy in safeguarding digital content and simplifying rightful ownership assertion.