RE: [rights-requirements] FW: Rights Requirements Submission

["Reddy, Hari" <Hari.Reddy@CONTENTGUARD.COM>]

Title: FW: Rights Requirements Submission

Hi Hal:

I believe the operative phrase is "should be able to express". As you articulate below, there is a delineation between a rights language and the system that uses the rights language. While the merits of a rights language pertain to its expressiveness it is ultimately the decision of the system to use those expressions. It might be helpful for people to review the Requirements SC's work in progress which may illustrate this a little more (http://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/rights-requirements/200207/msg00019.html).

 

Patrick, I, too, share Hal's question...

 

Regards,

Hari

 

-----Original Message-----
From: Hal Lockhart [mailto:hal.lockhart@entegrity.com]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 1:00 PM
To: 'pdurusau@emory.edu'
Cc: Rights-Requirements (E-mail); 'robin@isogen.com'
Subject: RE: [rights-requirements] FW: Rights Requirements Submission

Patrick,

 

I am pleased to see this submission. There have been (negative) comments on the lack of repesentation from the academic community on this TC.

 

With regard to your specific requirements, I would like to act as a devil's advocate for the moment.

 

You state that the rights language should be able to express the doctrines of Fair Use and First Sale. However, it is my understanding (as a non-lawyer) that these doctrines are currently the law of the land and apply to ALL copyrighted works. Therefore I assume any digital rights management system would be aware of the need to honor these doctrines. So, it is unclear to me why a digital rights language would need to contain some element that would have to be applied to EACH AND EVERY digital work.

 

Can you clarify the intention here?

 

Hal

-----Original Message-----
From: Reddy, Hari [mailto:Hari.Reddy@CONTENTGUARD.COM]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 11:40 AM
To: Rights-Requirements (E-mail)
Subject: [rights-requirements] FW: Rights Requirements Submission

Hello All:
We received this from Patrick this morning. Patrick, on behalf of the RLTC, I thank you for your submission and look forward to working with you.

Regards,
Hari

-----Original Message-----
From: Patrick Durusau [mailto:pdurusau@emory.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 5:01 AM
To: Bob.glushko@commerceone.com; hari.reddy@contentguard.com;
robin@isogen.com
Subject: Rights Requirements Submission

Greetings,

I have attached a brief rights requirement document on behalf of the
Society of Biblical Literature. Please accept it for consideration by
the Rights SC and ultimately as part of the process of the Rights
Language TC at OASIS.

By separate post I am making application to Hari Reddy for the SBL to
become a member of the Rights Language TC.

Please acknowledge delivery of this post with its attachment. (The email
provider I use while traveling is sometime unrealiable and does not
always indicate delivery failures. Thanks.)

(It was not entirely clear from the website who was the contact for the
submission so I am writing to the co-chairs and Robin Cover, who
appeared in the email archives as a collecting point for requirements.)

Patrick

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Patrick Durusau
Director of Research and Development
Society of Biblical Literature
pdurusau@emory.edu