A study on SW‐Blackbox to ensure the reliability of content distribution using file system event monitoring of online service providers

Abstract

AbstractAs the utilization of cultural content has changed to a digital paradigm, music and movies have been copied without permission and distributed quickly on a real‐time basis. Because these copies have the same quality as the original works, authors and producers find it increasingly difficult to protect the copyright of the materials they create. Accordingly, illegal online service providers (OSPs) are deemed responsible for the illegal distribution of cultural content. Although relevant copyright laws are implemented and filtering technical protection measures are applied, OSP operators continue to distribute illegal content by bypassing filtering technologies and omitting and fabricating or altering log records related to content distribution. As a result, the legal market order of content distribution is damaged, and the rights and interests of users and owners are severely infringed. However, restricting the illegal distribution and technical filtering of content under current regulations are not solutions to this problem. Therefore, fundamental control and active monitoring are necessary to complement existing regulations and technical protection measures. This paper proposes an SW‐Blackbox technical method using file system event monitoring to verify the reliability of OSPs that operate file hosting services (Web Hard). This method prevents the bypassing of filtering solutions and the omission, fabrication, and altering of transaction‐related logs for the intentional distribution of illegal content. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.