[IETF-IDRM] Fwd: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- digital rights...

[Thomas Hardjono]

>Date: Wed, 23 May 2001 17:07:44 +1000
>From: Renato Iannella <renato@iprsystems.com>
>Subject: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- digital rights...
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>--On 23/5/01 1:38 AM -0400 Sam X. Sun (@S2000) wrote:
>
>>First of all, I'd like to understand better regarding the definition of
>>digital rights. I was under the impression that digital rights always
>>apply to the combination of "content" and "content holder", instead of
>>just "content" itself, for expressing "the permission for the 'content
>>holder' to operate on the 'content'". Now the question is: can we define
>>"digital rights" without specifying the "content holder", where the
>>"content holder" can be anyone ranging from consumer, distributor, or
>>publisher? On the flip side, can we specify "digital rights" with
>>"content holder" alone, without referencing the digital content? These
>>might be trivial questions, but I wish to get them clarified nevertheless.
>
>Sam, the best place that describes these core principles is the
><indecs> Framework [1].
>
>In summary, the core entities are Parties, Rights, and Content.
>You need all three to make Rights Assertions.
>
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>Cheers...Renato                       <http://purl.net/net/renato>
>Chief Scientist, IPR Systems Pty Ltd       <http://iprsystems.com>
>
>[1] http://www.indecs.org/pdf/framework.pdf