David Weinberger is chairing the DRM panel, which includes Brad, the Microsoft guy; Ken, the open-source Internet2 guy; Bala, the anti-piracy guy, and Denise, the litigator.
Denise is starting the discussion by summarizing the state of the question.
Now, Bala is explaining his company’s approach at Smarte Solutions. Now Brad is presenting Microsoft’s angle.
Ken suggests that we have DRM, and we’re losing it. We’re conceiving digital rights too narrowly.
Microsoft (both Brad and Craig Mundie) refer to having a 360° perspective on DRM. Denise and David keep pointing out that the technological transition to digital media is being limited by habits and conventions that derive from analog media. David insists that DRM allow leeway for uses that don’t adhere strictly to a producer’s dictates.
Brad wants his auditors not to vilify either Microsoft or the studios & record producers.
Ken speaks up on behalf of authorization & attributes as parts of the solution (these work well in Shibboleth).
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