DISTRIBUTED FILTERING APPARATUS AND ITS METHOD FOR COPYRIGHT PROTECTION OF DIGITAL CONTENTS

摘要

PURPOSE: A distributed filtering apparatus and a method for the copyright protection of digital content are provided to be able to filter content depending on priority in a copyright search of the digital content. CONSTITUTION: A priority work node unit(304) selectively filters content with a copyright using plural priority work node databases. In case the content copyright existence is not determined in the priority work node unit, by using a plurality of the databases for the general work node, a general work node unit(306) selectively filters the content with copyright using plural general work node databases. A search server(302) controls a selective filter using the priority work node unit and the general work node unit according to the priority search regulation.