[IETF-IDRM] Re: IDRM research group closed

[Marshall Eubanks]

Is this connected at all with the ISMA MPEG-4 DRM solutions ?

On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 09:27 AM, chris mollis wrote:

> OpenIPMP implements a reference-platform DRM system for mpeg4=20
> audio/video,
> and mpeg1-L3 audio..  Please download at
> www.sourceforge.net/projects/openipmp.
>
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> To: <ietf-idrm@idrm.org>
> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:53 AM
> Subject: [IETF-IDRM] Re: IDRM research group closed
>
>
>> Dear All,
>>
>>> For myself personally for example, there is quite a bit of interest=20=

>>> but
> no
>>> corporate sponsorship. As an earlier correspondent pointed out,
> commercial
>>> demand is, whether we like it or not, a significant factor for such
>> efforts.
>>
>> my personal impression is that there is a huge commercial demand, but=20=

>> no
>> commercial sponsorship.
>>
>> In the Musicnetwork project we are also addressing protection issues.=20=

>> And
>> publishers are very interested in DRM technologies. But they need =
more
>> informations about DRM - but not only on technical but also on legal
> issues. And the
>> same is true for customers. E.g. most of them are afraid of DRM=20
>> solutions
>> because of technical obstacles like audio files which can be played=20=

>> only
> on a
>> specific hardware device.
>>
>> And maybe developers of DRM technology do not foresee the importance=20=

>> of a
>> common standard due to users' demands: No user wants to buy a digital=20=

>> item
>> which is sooner or later worthless because it will be in an =
"encrypted
> bottle".
>>
>> Maybe this is just due to that fact that DRM technology is quite a =
new
>> field. But enlightment and the availability of information would=20
>> improve
> the
>> acceptance and therefore the development of DRM technologies by =
content
> owners,
>> providers and customers. So far it seems that DRM development is only
>> technologists driven.
>>
>> Maybe this picture is coloured too dark. But I am looking forward for=20=

>> your
>> comments.
>>
>> Best wishes,
>>
>> Martin Schmucker
>>
>> @Gord: I will add you link to the forum of musicnetwork
>>        (http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org).
>>
>>
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                                  Marshall Eubanks


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