[IETF-IDRM] Fwd: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- drm framework...

[Thomas Hardjono]

>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 15:01:49 +1000
>From: Renato Iannella <renato@iprsystems.com>
>Subject: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- drm framework...
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>--On 21/5/01 10:25 AM -0400 Jason Petrone wrote:
>
>>Imagine a system where the author of a book would receive notification
>>from Barnes & Noble whenever a copy of her book was sold.  This would
>>give her much more bargaining power with her publisher, should it claim
>>sales were lower than they were.  I am told this is a real problem for
>>authors of books and music which sell slowly.
>
>Such systems are becoming a reality. For example, the Ozauthors
>ebook site [1] pays direct to all rightsholders for each
>sale and all rightsholders (including authors) can see transaction
>histories. (This is clearly in favour of the content creators
>and "solves" the current "random-sampling" methods used by
>collection agencies.)
>
>>The prerequisites for end-to-end DRM need to be defined.  MPEG-21 outlines
>>four broad requirements for DRM:
>>
>>Identification
>>Description
>>Management
>>Protection
>
>Just to update the seven MEPG-21 activities:
>
>1. Digital Item Declaration (a uniform and flexible abstraction and 
>interoperable schema for declaring Digital Items);
>
>2. Digital Item Identification and Description (a framework for 
>identification and description of any entity regardless of its nature, 
>type or granularity);
>
>3. Content Handling and Usage (provide interfaces and protocols that 
>enable creation, manipulation, search, access, storage, delivery, and 
>(re)use of content across the content distribution and consumption value 
>chain);
>
>4. Intellectual Property Management and Protection (the means to enable 
>content to be persistently and reliably managed and protected across a 
>wide range of networks and devices);
>
>5. Terminals and Networks (the ability to provide interoperable and 
>transparent access to content across networks and terminals);
>
>6. Content Representation (how the media resources are represented);
>Event Reporting (the metrics and interfaces that enable Users to 
>understand precisely the performance of all reportable events within the 
>framework);
>
>
>>These sound right to me, though it still leaves the difficult task of
>>defining each in a general sense, and not just for motion pictures.
>
>MPEG-21 is more broader than just audio/video. It purposely uses
>the term "Digital Item" to mean any "structured digital object with a
>standard representation, identification and meta-data".
>
>
>
>Cheers...Renato                       <http://purl.net/net/renato>
>Chief Scientist, IPR Systems Pty Ltd       <http://iprsystems.com>\
>
>
>[1] http://www.ozauthors.com.au/