CFP: Virtual Goods + ODRL Workshop 2010

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Call for Papers
8th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects
of Business Models for Virtual Goods incorporating the 6th International ODRL Workshop
30 September - 1 October 2010
Namur, Belgium.
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The goal of this conference is to bring together experts from scientific and practical fields, researchers from different disciplines, developers, and users interested in electronic commerce of virtual goods. We will assess current methodologies and bring forward new research directions.

We expressly welcome research contributions from different fields, including computer sciences, economics, business, law, human sciences and other relevant disciplines.

Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following aspects:


 *   New business models of virtual goods
 *   Peer-to-peer distribution systems
 *   Web service infrastructures of securing virtual goods
 *   Digital rights management: technical solutions, user acceptance
 *   Content protection (watermarking, encryption, signatures)
 *   Rights and policy expression languages, esp. but not only ODRL
 *   ODRL profiles and applications
 *   Rights expression/policy models
 *   Policy aware Web
 *   Interoperability within rights expression/policy languages
 *   Economic models of pure virtual environments (Second Life, etc)
 *   Underground markets: malware, copyright infringement, etc.
 *   Digital libraries
 *   Forensics of digital rights
 *   Economic role of the actors
 *   Impact on the society
 *   E-culture participation
 *   Social networks
 *   Social commerce

Submission guidelines

 *   We expect full papers by 21 May, 2010
 *   Authors are invited to submit original unpublished research as full papers (max. 15 pages). All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by members of the program committee for originality, significance, clarity and quality
 *   Authors should use the Springer LNCS format ( http://www.springer.com/lncs ). For camera-ready format instructions, please see “For Authors“ instructions athttp://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html
 *   Paper submission will be through the EasyChair website,http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=vg2010

More information is available at the workshop website: http://www.virtualgoods.org/2010



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