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> From:
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> Date: July 30, 2009 2:29:40 AM GMT+08:00
> To:
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sab2009@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: DPP Study Group, Call for Participation
> Reply-To:
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>
> This a call for participation in a Digital Personal Property Study
> Group, sponsored by the IEEE Microprocessor Standards Committee. A
> Study Group is the initial step in the process of developing a IEEE
> standard. A Study Group is open to all interested individuals.
>
> The following is the mission of the study group:
>
> Determine the feasibility of developing a standard for ownable
> digital personal property, under which sold digital products such as
> movies, music, books, and games can be clearly distinguished by
> consumers from rented or usage-restricted digital products by the
> absence of imposed usage restrictions or physical-product space and
> time limitations, while preserving business models based on the sale
> of private goods where the number of items in circulation equals the
> number sold and the number of users of each item is naturally,
> reasonably, and unavoidably limited.
>
> Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to content protection systems
> that impose usage restrictions. Digital Personal Property (DPP)
> described above is the complement of DRM-protected products. DPP
> title ownership is transferred to the purchasing consumer, whereas
> DRM title ownership is retained by the supplier. Both preserve the
> viability of business models that provide customers with private
> goods, but while DRM-protected products are appropriate for rental
> and usage-restricted possession, Digital Personal Properties are
> appropriate for true ownership as the term is intuitively understood
> by consumers. DRM titles focus on the rights of the copyright
> holder; DPP titles focus on the rights of the consumer to use,
> share, and transfer ownership of his purchased property, with
> complete autonomy and privacy.
>
> Digital Personal Property holds the promise of legitimizing DRM in
> the eyes of consumers by providing them the option to own, thereby
> turning DRM-protected rental and restricted-possession products into
> a reasonable, fair, and money-saving alternative to full ownership.
> With the option to own, rental is a bargain; without it, rental is
> tyranny.
>
> A study group has a restricted lifespan of 6 months without
> additional action by the Sponsor. Its purpose is to gather the
> interested parties and prepare a Project Authorization Request (PAR)
> for Sponsor approval and submission to the new standards committee
> (NesCom) and the IEEE Standards Board (SASB) for approval before the
> actual work on developing a standard can begin.
>
> Interested parties should respond to
pms@xxxxxxxx
> <mailto:
pms@xxxxxxxx>
>
> PDF:
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