- 1. March 25, 2009 Jean-Henry Morin University of Geneva CUI
Dept. of Information Systems Switzerland [email_address]
http://jean- henry.com /Panel on The Future of DRM Webcast &
Transcript available here : http:// www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/drm
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2. How did we get here a dystopian society ? Digital Rights
ManagementMarch 25, 2009 http:// www.flickr.com/search/?q =DRM 3.
Where did we go wrong?
- Where didUser Experiencego ?
- Where didSuperdistributiongo ?
- Where are the newinnovative Business Models , theReal-time
Marketers , etc. ?
- Did DRMcurbthose that it meant ?
- Wasnt DRM supposed to be anenabler?
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 4. The Future of DRM
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- DRM is likely to stay and be needed (managed content)
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- Absolute security is neither achievable nor desirable
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- Given the rightUser ExperienceandBusiness Modelsmost users
would smoothly comply
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- Most users arent criminals
- We need to take a step back to :
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- Critically re-think DRM altogether
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- Reconsider the debate outside theeither/orextremes of total vs.
no security
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- Re-design DRM from group up
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 5. Rethinking &
Redesigning DRM (I)
- Central role of theUserandUser Experience
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- Reinstate Users in their roles & rights
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- Presumption of innocence & the burden of proof
- A Fundamental guiding principle to re-think & re-design DRM
: Feltens Copyright Balance principle (Felten, 2005)
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- Since lawful use, including fair use, of copyrighted works is
in the public interest, a user wishing to makelawful useof
copyrighted materialshould not be preventedfrom doing so by any DRM
system.
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- Put the trust back into the hands of the users
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 6. Rethinking &
Redesigning DRM (II)
- Exception Management in DRM, mixing water with fire ?
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- Reverse the distrust assumption
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- Allow Users to makeException Claimsand be granted Short Lived
Licenses
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- Credentialbased,revocable in case of abuse detection /
monitoring
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- Acknowledging the need forManaged Content
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 7. Conclusion
- Can DRM go green before we all go dark ?
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- Involve equally all stakeholders
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- Find new innovative Business Models
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- Limit law to a justifiable level
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- Remember technology is just the means
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 8. References
- Thank you for your attention
- J.-H. Morin, Rethinking DRM Using Exception Management ,
chapter III inHandbook of Research on Secure Multimedia
Distribution , S. Lian and Y. Zhang (Eds), Information Science
Reference (ISR), ISBN: 978-1-60566-262-6, IGI Global, March
2009.
- http://www.igi-global.com/reference/details.asp?id =33143
- J.-H. Morin, Exception Based Enterprise Rights Management :
Towards a Paradigm Shift in Information Security and Policy
Management ,International Journal On Advances in Systems and
Measurements , issn 1942-261x, vol. 1, no. 1, 2008, pp. 40-49.
- http:// www.iariajournals.org/systems_and_measurements /
Digital Rights ManagementMarch 25, 2009 Webcast & Transcript
available here : http:// www.ftc.gov/bcp/workshops/drm /