Digital Right Management and Software Protection on Android Phones

Abstract

Android is an open mobile phone platform. To accommodate value-added services such as selling wallpapers, ringtones, applications, and games on Android phones, it is essential to ensure copyright protection on these products. This paper studies how the Android source code to implement the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) Digital Right Management (DRM) 1.0, software installation and protection. We also identify potential leaks of Android DRM and software protection in this study.