Java birthmarks - Detecting the software theft

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems

Volumn E88-D, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2148-2158

  Tamada, Haruaki ^a   Nakamura, Masahide ^a   Monden, Akito ^a   Matsumoto, Ken Ichi ^a  

^a NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copyright protection; Software protection; Watermark, birthmark

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COPYRIGHTS; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION THEORY; PROGRAM COMPILERS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

COPYRIGHT PROTECTION; JAVA CLASS FILES; SOFTWARE PROTECTION; WATERMARK, BIRTHMARK;

JAVA PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE;

EID: 26444535682     PISSN: 09168532     EISSN: 17451361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ietisy/e88-d.9.2148     Document Type: Article

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