Welcome to the website of the INDICARE project!
The research and dialogue project INDICARE focused on consumer issues of Digital Rights Management (DRM). The acronym INDICARE stands for Informed Dialogue about Consumer Acceptability of DRM Solutions in Europe. While the project formally ended in February 2006, members of the project team are still working on the topics (see news below). This website also archives all project publications.
Project News
Consumer Guides on Digital Rights Management published
Nov. 2006:
INDICARE has published its Consumer's Guide to Digital Rights Management in 10 European languages.
The aim of the Consumer's Guide is to provide concise, neutral and comprehensible information about
what Digital Rights Management is and why it matters to consumers. The Guide tells how to recognise
if DRM is applied and informs about its potential effects when using digital content. The Guide also
explains the current legal situation and what the legal standing of consumers is today. Its ambition
is to respond to questions and concerns consumers facing DRM actually have.
- Ceština (Czech):
Prírucka spotrebitele k rízení digitálních práv (PDF, 329 KB) - Deutsch (German):
Verbraucherleitfaden zum Digitalen Rechtemanagement (PDF, 314 KB) - Ελληνικά (Greek):
Οδηγός καταναλωτών για την Διαχείριση Ψηφιακών Δικαιωμάτων (PDF, 420 KB) - English (English):
Consumer's Guide to Digital Rights Management (PDF, 303 KB) - Español (Spanish):
Guía del Consumidor sobre Gestión de Derechos Digitales (PDF, 285 KB) - Français (French):
Guide de la gestion des droits numériques à l’usage des consommateurs (PDF, 425 KB) - Magyar (Hungarian):
Használati útmutató a digitális jogkezeléshez (PDF, 315 KB) - Italiano (Italian):
Guida per i consumatori sul management digitale dei diritti (PDF, 292 KB) - Polski (Polish):
Przewodnik dla konsumentów odnosnie systemu zabezpieczen majacych przeciwdzialac uzywaniu danych cyfrowych (PDF, 345 KB) - Svenska (Swedish):
Konsumenthandledning till Förvaltning av digitala rättigheter (PDF, 281 KB)
New publications by INDICARE team members
Although the INDICARE project formally ended, members of the INDICARE team are still working on INDICARE topics:
Study on Recasting Copyright published by the European Commission
Hugenholtz, Bernt, Mireille van Eechoud, Stef van Gompel, Lucie Guibault, Natali Helberger, Mara Rossini, Lennert Steijger, Nicole Dufft and Philipp Bohn (2006):
The Recasting of Copyright and Related Rights for the Knowledge Economy. Final Report,
European Commission DG Internal Market Study, Contract No. ETD/2005/IM/D1/95,
Amsterdam: University of Amsterdam, Institute for Information Law (IViR).
[Download available at
European Commission's website]
Within the report: Böhle, Knud and Carsten Orwat: Consumer awareness and acceptance of copyright (Chapter 6), pp. 197-209
Special Issue on DRM in German language released
A special issue of the journal "Technikfolgenabschätzung - Theorie und Praxis" (Vol. 15, No. 2, Aug 2006, edited by
Knud Böhle and Carsten Orwat)
is dedicated to Digital Rights Management (unless otherwise indicated, the articles are in German language):
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Böhle, Knud und Carsten Orwat:
Einführung in den Schwerpunkt: Digital Rights Management – Herausforderungen für Recht, Technik und Technikfolgenabschätzung, pp. 4-12 -
Dreier, Thomas:
Steuerung durch Recht - Einige Überlegungen zu technischen Schutzmaßnahmen im Urheberrecht, pp. 13-19 - Rosenblatt, Bill:
A Short Policy Analysis of Copyright Law and DRM in the United States, pp. 19-26 -
Möller, Jan and Stefan Puchta:
Privacy4DRM - Nutzer- und datenschutzfreundliches Digital Rights Management, pp. 26-32 -
Helberger, Natali:
Digitales Rechtemanagement und Verbraucherinteressen. Plädoyer für eine DRM-Agenda, die auch die Interessen der Verbraucher berücksichtigt, pp. 33-41 -
Bohn, Philipp:
Akzeptanz von Digital Rights Management - Ergebnisse zweier Konsumentenbefragungen, pp. 41-46 -
Bechtold, Stefan:
Rechtliche Technikgestaltung von DRM-Systemen - Ein Blick auf ein entstehendes Forschungsgebiet, pp. 47-51 -
Böhle, Knud:
DRM-Systeme - Optionen der Technikgestaltung, pp. 52-62 -
Orwat, Carsten:
Konsultationsverfahren als Mittel der politischen Gestaltung des digitalen Rechtemanagements, pp. 63-72
[Download of special issues available at ITAS Website]