APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROTECTING PERSONAL BROADCASTING CONTENTS BY USE OF P2P

摘要

An apparatus and a method for protecting personal broadcasting contents by P2P are provided to enable a personal user making contents to limit a usage right of contents, thereby preventing illegal distribution of contents. If the first client(250) connects to a server(100), the server performs an authentication process. The first client with completed authentication searches a group that the server manages. The server searches a group list and transmits the related information to the first client. The first client performs a group registering process based on the transmitted information. The first client watches a broadcast through the registering process.