[IETF-IDRM] Re: IDRM research group closed

[Mark Baugher]

Marshall,

At 09:36 AM 2/10/2003 -0500, Marshall Eubanks wrote:
>Is this connected at all with the ISMA MPEG-4 DRM solutions ?

No it is independent of the ISMA DRM Task Force specification, which is a=20
collection of open-standard protocols that can fit into an MPEG IPMP=20
framework in addition to many others.   I expect that the outputs of the=20
ISMA DRM Task Force will become publicly available this year.

Mark


>On Monday, February 10, 2003, at 09:27 AM, chris mollis wrote:
>
>>OpenIPMP implements a reference-platform DRM system for mpeg4 audio/video,
>>and mpeg1-L3 audio..  Please download at
>>www.sourceforge.net/projects/openipmp.
>>
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>>Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 4:53 AM
>>Subject: [IETF-IDRM] Re: IDRM research group closed
>>
>>
>>>Dear All,
>>>
>>>>For myself personally for example, there is quite a bit of interest but
>>no
>>>>corporate sponsorship. As an earlier correspondent pointed out,
>>commercial
>>>>demand is, whether we like it or not, a significant factor for such
>>>efforts.
>>>
>>>my personal impression is that there is a huge commercial demand, but no
>>>commercial sponsorship.
>>>
>>>In the Musicnetwork project we are also addressing protection issues. And
>>>publishers are very interested in DRM technologies. But they need more
>>>informations about DRM - but not only on technical but also on legal
>>issues. And the
>>>same is true for customers. E.g. most of them are afraid of DRM solutions
>>>because of technical obstacles like audio files which can be played only
>>on a
>>>specific hardware device.
>>>
>>>And maybe developers of DRM technology do not foresee the importance of a
>>>common standard due to users' demands: No user wants to buy a digital=
 item
>>>which is sooner or later worthless because it will be in an "encrypted
>>bottle".
>>>
>>>Maybe this is just due to that fact that DRM technology is quite a new
>>>field. But enlightment and the availability of information would improve
>>the
>>>acceptance and therefore the development of DRM technologies by content
>>owners,
>>>providers and customers. So far it seems that DRM development is only
>>>technologists driven.
>>>
>>>Maybe this picture is coloured too dark. But I am looking forward for=
 your
>>>comments.
>>>
>>>Best wishes,
>>>
>>>Martin Schmucker
>>>
>>>@Gord: I will add you link to the forum of musicnetwork
>>>        (http://www.interactivemusicnetwork.org).
>>>
>>>
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>                                  Regards
>                                  Marshall Eubanks
>
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