Re: Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL) submission to W3C

Hi Karen, 

a very interesting suggestion that also would cover the grey-areas we
defined at the DRM-Workshop. 

Perhaps Renato can tell us more whether ODRL could also work with this
upside-down concept. It might also be the case that this can make DRM
less threatening in the overall community thus making it overall
possible. The best was always the enemy of the good. The will for 
too much protection might hinder any acceptance of protection. 

..yet another piece in the mosaic..

I'm pleased to see that my comment on the submission triggered a
reaction. It has taken me a long time as I tried to really understand.

Cheers, 

-- 
Rigo Wenning            W3C/INRIA
Policy Analyst          Privacy Activity Lead
mail:[email protected]        2004, Routes des Lucioles
http://www.w3.org/      F-06902 Sophia Antipolis

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 08:07:05AM -0700, Karen Coyle wrote:
> Copyright law tells you what you cannot do, and leaves the rest to your 
> imagination. This prevents certain behaviors but allows for some level of 
> freedom and innovation. Reversing this to be: "if it isn't listed here you 
> can't do it" is going to run afoul of technological change very quickly.
>