Of possible interest. DLB On 21 Oct 2004, Stefan Bechtold wrote:

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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT

3rd DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 2005

13th-14th January 2005 Berlin, Germany

Conference web site: http://digital-rights-management.org

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Keynote speaker: Prof. Hal Varian University of California at Berkeley

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The conference program and registration information are available at the web site:

http://digital-rights-management.org

The deadline for registration is 20th December 2004.

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Digital Rights Management promises novel business models for the distribution of and access to all kinds of digital content - from music and movies to text and software - while ensuring that the interests of rights holders are protected. Over the last year, DRM systems have been introduced in the U.S. as well as in various European markets with great success. Increasingly, open standards-based DRM systems play a vital role in the mobile sector. In autumn 2003, the German Parliament implemented the European Copyright Directive of 2001, establishing the legal framework for DRM systems. Further reforms of European and German copyright law are imminent.

Thus, the time is ripe for the 3rd Digital Rights Management Conference 2005. This conference is the third in a series of leading DRM conferences in Europe. It will summarise the present debate about DRM on a national and international level. It will also create an interdisciplinary forum to discuss economic, business, legal, technical and scientific questions as well as policy issues surrounding DRM and the future of digital content. Representatives of the media and IT industries, governments, user associations, libraries, collecting societies, as well as artists, attorneys, scientists, privacy and consumer protection advocates from Germany, other European countries and the U.S. will discuss controversial issues and proposed solutions in the areas of Digital Rights Management, Trusted Computing and alternative compensation systems.

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Programme Committee: Dr. Stefan Bechtold, Universitaet Tuebingen/Stanford University Prof. Dr. Eberhard Becker, Universitaet Dortmund Dr. Willms Buhse, CoreMedia AG, Germany Dirk Guennewig M.A. Pol.Wiss., Universitaet Dortmund Dipl.-Inf. Niels Rump, Rightscom Ltd., Germany Prof. Pamela Samuelson, University of California at Berkeley

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The conference is organised by the

Ministry of Science and Research of the State Northrhine Westfalia, Germany; University of Dortmund, Germany; Berkeley Center for Law & Technology, University of California at Berkeley, USA; Association of German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, Germany; Alcatel SEL Foundation/Competence Center Information Society, Germany

Cooperation Partners: CoreMedia AG, Germany Rightscom Ltd., UK Secure.it nrw, Germany Berlecon Research GmbH, Germany eurobits, Germany Computer und Recht, Germany

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We would appreciate it if you could forward this information to interested parties.

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-- # Stefan Bechtold stef@n-bechtold.com Tuebingen, Germany # # http://www.jura.uni-tuebingen.de/bechtold # # http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blogs/bechtold #

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