Authentik - Digital Rights Management

Authentik™

Digital Rights Management from Knowledge Books and Software (KBS)

All publishers are concerned that their titles if released into e-texts will join the list of free downloads from Bit Torrent and elsewhere - with the subsequent catastrophic loss of revenues for their publishing businesses. KBS in conjunction with security industry consultants has developed a system for distribution and administration of your electronic files which will allow worldwide distribution and administration from your desktop. Revenues can be increased and costs can be redu ced with out any further overheads. The patented system is similar to a credit card processing gateway with fraud and user detection and management.

This unique and patented administration system for your e-books allow secure distribution without loss to non-paying users. The treatment is based on any software usage model which you the publisher regard as fair with the user getting the benefit of cost savings from the increased paying users so everyone can benefit with cheaper usage prices and more development revenues to the publisher. The security matches the requirements with a unique patented security process to make all files unique and hinder hackers in distributing a 'crack' for the file so that all files are subsequently copiable and unlicensed. See figure 1 below for how the process works! As soon as a file is hacked then the encryption key will identify the registration and can be closed as a pirated file and the hackers have to start again with a new combination of encrypted files and arrangements - hardly worth the glory?

The administration system allows - the customer to purchase an e-book based on number of users, length of time of usage and also the number of times it is to be viewed. You can select the attributes which suit your needs.  So in these cases prices can be set which meet the budget of the textbook convenor, or the length of the class and the number in the class. Students who are not concurrent can access from other PCs as long as the 'concurrent' users does not exceed the licence. This means that a student who leaves the course can pass his 'book licence' to another member of the class - no different to a situation where a user is buying a book. Finally, the edition can be changed for all users so that a new edition can be issued with amendments or changes and all current users are updated with the new edition automatically.

The example below are free for you to download and test the product distribution model. You will set the variables in the attributes and note the properties of the e-book downloaded. This will allow you total freedom with accountability for your publications worldwide!

Distribution
Knowledge Books and Software (KBS) are able to distribute from their e-commerce site for you worldwide! Or you can distribute directly from your e-commerce site with minimal programming requirements and setup (we can manage and give your web programmers the information to quickly implement).

Pricing
The set up and pricing is based on volumes and requirements - the price per transaction for distribution starts at less than $USD2.00 To set up your own publication distribution and sales requires a set-up fee of less than USD $1000

For these prices you can distribute as many or as little as you want of secure e-texts and e-books! The control and monitoring is served to you via a control panel with subsequent user reporting and licensing.

Please test the products below and get back to us with your specific requirements - we can have your publishing business online with secure e-texts up and running within 24 hours of placing your order! If you want distribution - then it is simply a matter of KBS setting up the files and licensing sign-off!

Technical Information

Authentik runs and is controlled similar to a financial payments gateway. It controls usage and identification of the user as well as authentication.

Contact

Please contact Rob Watts by email rob@kbs.com.au or phone +61755680288 for further details.
We look forward to hearing from you!