CFP: Virtual Goods and ODRL International Workshop

*** We are please to announce that the ODRL Workshop has joined with  
the VirtualGoods Workshop ***

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                 5th International Workshop for
      Technology, Economy, and Legal Aspects of Virtual Goods
                      incorporating the
                 3rd International ODRL Workshop

               ****  Call for Participation  ****

                 11-13 Oct 2007, Koblenz, Germany

                  http://www.virtualgoods.org/
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With the rise of new digital music portals, the development
of copyright laws world-wide and the increasing success of
alternative models, the discussion on digital rights management
is even more intense than ever before. Any business model of
virtual goods must include not only the virtual objects and
their technical control functions, but also the human actors and
their personal and economic interest. What is needed is a simple
and safe technololgy which supports a balance of interests between
creators, providers and consumers of digital goods. Current
technology does not give satsifactory answers.

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.

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

* Content protection (watermarking, encryption, signatures)
* Technical solutions in digital rights management
* ODRL Rights Expression Language
* User acceptance of digital rights management
* New business models and solution architectures
* Peer-to-Peer systems
* Virtual goods services such as payment and delivery
* Fraud management
* Security and privacy
* The economic role and perspective of the actors
* The economic/cultural/legal impact on the society

Papers sumissions are due: 1 June 2007

For complete details, including important dates, committee members,
please visit the Call for Papers site at:

    <http://virtualgoods.tu-ilmenau.de/2007/cfp.html>

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