[A2k] WIPO Seminar to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies - September 17, 2007

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WIPO Seminar to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies

The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is hosting a
Seminar on Rights Management Information at its Geneva headquarters on
September 17, 2007. Rights management information (RMI) consists of
metadata used to identify digital content and owners of rights, and to
express licensing information in digital form. The seminar will explore
the relevance of RMI, survey emerging technologies and standards, and
identify challenges affecting copyright owners, Internet users and
intermediaries such as search engines. The seminar will also address
crucial questions such as ownership, licensing and management of IP as
well as the tools used to manage creative content and identify users and
owners.

RMI is increasingly relevant and important to online content
distribution. The technologies used to manage rights information have
been improving in recent years through increased sophistication in
metadata schemes and development of standards. For example, RMI can help
users to customize their searches and engage in effective and flexible
licensing agreements with right owners. Moreover, the rise of User
Generated Content (UGC), the growth of new online licensing tools such
as Creative Commons, and the growing popularity of blogging and social
networking, offer a promising horizon for use of RMI in increasing
copyright compliance while providing users greater functionality and
flexibility to access and use content.

The program and information on the seminar, which will be in English,
are available at http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2007/sem_cr_ge/. The
event is free of charge and open to the general public. For
registration, please complete the on-line registration form at
http://www.wipo.int/meetings/en/2007/sem_cr_ge/registration.html





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