Re: [FYI] Lessig about e-Book

--On 20/3/01 12:13 PM +0100 Rigo Wenning wrote:

> This article show's, that we were right to try a balanced
> approach at the DRM-Workshop. It show's the potential traps of a
> rights management language. I think, this is valuable input and
> that we should remember it while designing a language.

It also shows the need for a _standard_ DRM Language so that
when the application says "Give" or "Print" - even "Read Aloud"
the consumer knows how they have been defined (and by whom).

> Especially, we should be able to express, that the copyright has
> expired...

This depends on the country - see [1] for the range of durations
for Australia. The duration will vary depending on the Type of
material (eg a Musical work Versus a Photograph) and, in some cases,
related to the death of the "author". An important piece of data
for copyright is the dates of first performance/publication.



Cheers...Renato                       <http://purl.net/net/renato>
Chief Scientist, IPR Systems Pty Ltd       <http://iprsystems.com>

[1] http://www.copyright.org.au/PDF/InfoSheets/G023v04.pdf

Received on Thursday, 22 March 2001 02:12:37 UTC