[IETF-IDRM] Fwd: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- drm framework...

[Thomas Hardjono]

>Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 10:25:59 -0400
>From: Jason Petrone <jpetrone@cnri.reston.va.us>
>Subject: Re: [IDRM] DRM Taxonomy work -- drm framework...
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>On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 10:47:39AM -0400, Sam X. Sun (@S2000) wrote:
> > I think it's a good application model to classify in end-to-end DRM
> > relationships in terms of content provider and distributor, and distributor
> > and content consumer.
>
>It might be advantageous to also express the relationship between content
>creator and content provider.  Under the current content delivery system
>content providers(publishers, record labels) pay authors, songwriters, etc.
>based on sales.  Creators rely on the providers to monitor sales, and 
>sometimes
>do not receive the full compensation they are due, simply because they do not
>have direct access to sales figures.
>
>Imagine a system where the author of a book would receive notification from
>Barnes & Noble whenever a copy of her book was sold.  This would give her much
>more bargaining power with her publisher, should it claim sales were lower 
>than
>they were.  I am told this is a real problem for authors of books and music
>which sell slowly.
>
>The prerequisites for end-to-end DRM need to be defined.  MPEG-21 outlines
>four broad requirements for DRM:
>
>Identification
>Description
>Management
>Protection
>
>These sound right to me, though it still leaves the difficult task of defining
>each in a general sense, and not just for motion pictures.
>
>Jason