Re: [mmox] mmox Digest, Vol 1, Issue 111

[Jon Watte <[e-mail]>]

Jesrad wrote:
> I actually wrote that mandating the implementation of DRM on top of
> any permission/copyright metadata transmission mechanism would severly
> reduce the number of grid systems that comply with the protocol.
>   

Note that it would be totally possible for someone to come up with a DRM 
scheme, that mandates that content create /under that DRM scheme/ only 
be transferred to other trusted implementors of that scheme. That would 
mean that, if the content was created on a compliant system, and 
properly marked, it could not "escape" into non-DRM systems. I think 
that enabling this within the standard is important.

A world can then compete for attention, by implementing and adhering to 
some popular scheme. For example, if creators feel most comfortable with 
"Microsoft VW Content DRM" or "MacroMedia ContentSafe(tm)," they could 
make sure to create their content in a world certified by one of those 
providers, and mark the object as not transferable outside those 
domains. Part of the certification would then be to make sure that such 
marks are actually adhered to. This neatly splits the interoperability 
protocol into the interoperability part, which is free, open, and allows 
OpenSim or LeftistWorld to be as open as they want, and the 
DRM/enforcement part, which allows the concerned content creators to 
stay as locked-up as they want within RightistWorld.

Sincerely,

jw