Kimberly Kelley (moderator), Karen Coyle, Laurence Roth, David Sohn
- DRM (digital rights management) has been market failure because consumers not happy with digital controls
- not all technical protection is bad; some protection is important, useful, needed
- files today will outlive software needed to open them
- technology does fail: not if, but when
- when technology fails in regard to DRM, there is nothing that can be done
- users need to explicitly know what they can and cannot do under DRM of each individual file; shouldn't have to discover limitations when they are stopped trying to do something not permissible
- we should be informing people every time they access something of the copyright that applies: holder, date enacted, uses permitted
- possibly include copyright in metadata of MARC records
- DRM likely to remain part of copyright landscape
- if public understands DRM, they will exert pressure on DRM developers for more choice and flexibility
- DRM developers need to contribute by making infringement unattractive not technologically impossible
- DRM has collateral impact: privacy - data collection questions; computer security - are necessary downloads/installations safe
- DRM must have transparency/disclosure, both initial and ongoing
- not all DRM systems raise problems in all areas
- if more files are available DRM-free (iTunes songs), will public have enough information to make informed decisions?
- similar to DRM are digital watermarks
- almost all TV broadcasts have digital watermarks
- Photoshop has digital watermarking capability
- watermarks provide persistent digital identity with embedded metadata defining origin, use permissions
- watermarks can be made resistant to standard content processing techniques
- watermarks used for copyright communication, copy protection, monitoring, filtering/classification, authentication/identity, media serialization & tracking, asset/content management, rights management, remote triggering, linking/ecommerce
- digital watermarks similar to automobile VIN
- work as compliments to DRM
- could possibly help identify data leaks
- would help in identification of future born-digital orphan works
- ancillary copyright violations could (and should) be accounted for by digital watermarking (accidentally filming Disney movie in background of home video of child's birthday party)
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