Re: FW: [NISO sc34ballots] Groups - Ballot reminder: "ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content"

Okay - I can review it in full and try to provide more feedback.
Unfortunately, we're not members so I wouldn't be able to rep for the US in
any of these.

Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility |
T 212.576.9433

*Macmillan Learning*

On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 3:34 PM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
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> With the DRM, in my vote, I could provide a comment that unprotect EPUB
> gets pushed out to distributors and they apply the DRM. I would add that
> the publisher themselves are not expected to apply the DRM, but they could
> if they were also a distributor.
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>
> I still have the problem of participation in these NISO groups, because of
> bandwidth.  So far, no person from the USA has signed up to work on this
> internationally.
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>
> Best
>
> George
>
>
>
> *From:* Rachel Comerford <rachel.comerford@macmillan.com>
> *Sent:* Friday, August 17, 2018 1:15 PM
> *To:* George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
> *Cc:* PBG Steering Committee (Public) <public-publishing-sc@w3.org>;
> Daniel Weck <daniel.weck@gmail.com>; Avneesh Singh <avneesh.sg@gmail.com>
> *Subject:* Re: FW: [NISO sc34ballots] Groups - Ballot reminder:
> "ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content"
>
>
>
> Hey George,
>
>
> re: ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content
>
>
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> Apologies, but I'm unfamiliar with the ISO voting process so I'm not sure
> what this is raised as a proposal for? Is it to start a working group
> around creating a standard or is it for this as a standard itself?
>
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> There's an issue, at least in my part of the business, that I see in the
> basic proposal. They wrote:
>
> "However, it will create inconvenience to publishers since they have to
> manage multiple versions of
>
> protected e-book contents to deliver them to different libraries. It will
> also cause inconvenience to end users since they also have to install
> multiple reading systems for their use."
>
>
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> As a publisher, I don't apply DRM to my own books - we rely on the reading
> systems to apply it. This standard would (if I'm reading it properly)
> require application from publishers as well as reading systems and I'm
> unclear as to its impact on accessibility since DRM'd EPUBs and AT have
> traditionally not played well together.
>
>
>
> I think I could probably review this whole this this weekend but I'm not
> sure of the context of the what the vote actually goes to.
>
>
>
> re: PDTS ISO/IEC 22424-1 EPUB Preservation - Part 1 and Part 2
>
>
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> Archiving! Something we discuss frequently but haven't successfully moved
> forward on from what I recall. I'm fairly uninformed when it comes to
> archiving needs and methods but I'm sure Tzviya (when she's back from
> vacation) will have something to say or someone to point to on that topic.
>
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> R
>
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> Rachel Comerford | Senior Director of Content Standards and Accessibility
> | T 212.576.9433
>
> *Macmillan Learning*
>
>
>
> On Fri, Aug 17, 2018 at 1:49 PM, George Kerscher <kerscher@montana.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hi again,
>
>
>
> Supporting documents attached.
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>
> I have to vote early in the week. I asked Todd Carpenter if Bill Rosenblat
> could be working on this, but have not heard back.
>
>
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> Thoughts on how I should vote?
>
>
>
> Best
>
> George
>
>
>
>
>
> *From:* workgroup_mailer@list.niso.org <workgroup_mailer@list.niso.org> *On
> Behalf Of *admin@list.niso.org
> *Sent:* Thursday, August 16, 2018 6:30 AM
> *To:* kerscher@montana.com
> *Subject:* [NISO sc34ballots] Groups - Ballot reminder: "ISO/IEC/DTS
> 23078, Specification of DRM technology for e-book content"
>
>
>
> *Reminder: Please cast your vote on the ballot "ISO/IEC/DTS 23078,
> Specification of DRM technology for e-book content" in the "SC34 Ballot
> Advisory Group" group.*
> *This is your last reminder to vote.*
>
> *Ballot Title*: ISO/IEC/DTS 23078, Specification of DRM technology for
> e-book content
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/ballot.php?id=878>
> ------------------------------
>
>
> *Question*
> Do you approve, disapprove or abstain on this NWIP for ISO/IEC/DTS 23078
> DRM technology for e-book?
>
> *Closing Date*: Tuesday, 21 August 2018 @ 11:59 pm EDT
>
> *Description*
> The proposed standard provides a specification of the security technology
> required to deliver EPUB content for the purpose of submission, storing and
> dissemination in libraries and other organizations. This proposed standard
> addresses specific technical specifications for encryption, digital
> signatures, certificates, and licenses of EPUB contents, as well as usage
> scenarios for secure delivery of EPUB contents. The proposed standard uses
> internationally proven security technologies and consists of royalty-free
> technologies.
>
>
>
> If the US votes to approve this as a new project, we are expected to name
> AT LEAST ONE EXPERT who will work on this standard's development. If you
> would like to nominate someone, please include the name and contact
> information in your comments, we are now also required to provide
> particular information when adding Experts to working groups: The Expert’s
> full name and e-mail address, a salutation (Dr., Ms., etc.) as well as one
> of the following Stakeholder Categories:
>
>
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> Industry and Commerce
>
> Government
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> Consumers
>
> Labour
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> Academic and Research Bodies
>
> Standards Application
>
> Non-governmental Organization (NGO)
>
>
>
> Please obtain that person's agreement in advance to work on this project.
>
>
>
> We are also required to provide a justification statement for why we think
> this is or is not a worthwhile/useful project (depending on whether we vote
> yes or no). Please provide such a statement in the comments for your
> Affirmative or Negative vote. Consider whether you think this standard will
> be used in the U.S.
>
>
>
> In addition to providing justification statement and volunteer to work on
> the project, there are two questions to address:
>
>
>
> Question 1
>
> Do you approve this project being added to the program, disapprove adding
> this project or abstain on this NP?
>
>
>
> Question 2
>
> Please select from one of the following options (note if no option is
> selected, the default will be the first option):
>
>
>
> Draft document will be registered as new project in the committee program
> (stage 20.00)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage 20.20)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage 30.00)
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS -
> Stage 40.00)
>
>
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>
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> Your voting options for Question 1 are:
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>
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> Approve - Comments optional
>
> Disapprove - Comments required
>
> Abstain due to lack of consensus - Comments optional
>
> Abstain due to lack of national expert input - Comments optional
>
>
>
> Your voting options for Question 2 are:
>
>
>
> Draft document will be registered as new project in the committee program
> (stage 20.00) - Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage 20.20) -
> Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage 30.00) -
> Comments optional
>
> Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard (DIS -
> Stage 40.00) - Comments optional
>
> Abstain from voting - Comments optional
>
>
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> IMPORTANT COPYRIGHT NOTICE
>
> Permission is granted by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
> to electronically reproduce this working draft International Standard for
> purpose of review and comment related to the preparation of the U.S.
> position, provided this notice is included. All other right are reserved.
>
> *Vote
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/ballot.php?id=878>*
>
>    - *Approve*
>    - *Disapprove*
>    - *Abstain due to lack of consensus*
>    - *Abstain due to lack of national expert input*
>    - *Draft document will be registered as new project in committee
>    program (stage 20.00)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Working Draft (WD - Stage
>    20.20)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Committee Draft (CD - Stage
>    30.00)*
>    - *Draft document can be registered as a Draft International Standard
>    (DIS - Stage 40.00)*
>    - *Abstain from voting*
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *Group*: SC34 Ballot Advisory Group
> *Date Opened*: Wednesday, 6 June 2018 @ 6:00 am EDT
> ------------------------------
>
> *Referenced Items*
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> ISO-IECJTC1-SC34_N2506_NP_TS23078.2.pdf (295K)
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> 2018-06-06
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> Download
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/download.php/19252>
> | View Details
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/document.php?document_id=19252>
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> DRM Specification for EPUB Content - Overview-02.docx (225K)
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> 2018-06-06
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> Download
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/download.php/19253>
> | View Details
> <http://groups.niso.org/apps/org/workgroup/sc34ballots/document.php?document_id=19253>
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