- From: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:31:21 +0200
- To: Renato Iannella <ri@semanticidentity.com>
- Cc: public-restrictedmedia@w3.org
On Apr 15, 2013, at 14:14 , Renato Iannella <ri@semanticidentity.com> wrote: > > On 13 Apr 2013, at 02:34, Mark Watson <watsonm@netflix.com> wrote: > >> Your question is a good one, though: are there alternatives to DRM that would meet the goals of content providers and also address some of the concerns that have been raised with DRM ? > > There are always alternatives if you can clearly define the "goals of content providers". > You could envisage some goals to be awareness-based (ie I just want users to know that this content has these restrictions) right up to the "full" enforcement-based (ie: this content shall only be used this way..) > The latter is what OMA DRM does [1] - and the former has been covered in different ways, such as the Privacy-aware Social Web [2] > > W3C has looked at DRM back in 2001 [3] and today, the latest 2013 W3C eBook Workshop [4] mentions DRM as possible areas of work. To be very precise, and to avoid misunderstandings: [4] mentions DRM as a topic for the Workshop. This does not necessarily mean as a work for W3C:-) > > I think before we jump to any alternatives, we look at the requirements first. > > Cheers... > Renato Iannella > Semantic Identity http://semanticidentity.com > Chair, W3C ODRL Community Group http://www.w3.org/community/odrl/ > > [1] http://technical.openmobilealliance.org/Technical/release_program/drm_v2_1_2.aspx > [2] http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/socialweb/XGR-socialweb-20101206/ > [3] http://www.w3.org/2000/12/drm-ws/ > [4] http://www.w3.org/2012/08/electronic-books/Overview.html ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdf
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