[358] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Information identifiers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (James Cook)
Fri Jan 27 16:31:18 1995
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 1995 09:32:01 -0800 (PST)
From: James Cook <jcook@netcom.com>
To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
cc: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <26739.199501271045@crocus.csv.warwick.ac.uk>
Reply-To: www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
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There is a listserv dealing with copyright law which I am on. It is found
at: cni-copyright@cni.org, however, this may not be the subscription
address. A vigorous, in depth discussion on the interraltions between
copyright law, web access, and so on has been progressing for a week or
more, and is expected to become quite wide and thorough.
James Cook
Information Professionals Network
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On Fri, 27 Jan 1995, Mr C A Rusbridge wrote:
> Apologies if this is not the right place to ask this question, but it
> does seem to me to have to do with www security, in a broader sense.
>
> Can anyone please point me to work being done on the issue of information
> identifiers, relating to ownership of intellectual property?
>
> As I understand the idea (and this could be wrong), a copyright item
> would be placed on the net encoded in some way so that the copyright
> ownership was clearly identifiable, no matter how small a (decodable)
> slice of the item you take.
>
> This idea would be anathema to many on the net, and would need very
> careful analysis in relation to the copyright issues of fair dealing, etc
> which allow unpaid access to copyright materials in other contexts. It
> might also violate some countries encryption laws. It's been suggested
> that the idea will progress at a G7 meeting in Brussels next month, but I
> doubt the civil servants attending will understand the nature of what they
> are dealing with.
>
> The web is an obvious place where such ideas would need support. I'm
> trying to find any discussion list, or individuals who may be developing
> these ideas. I have come across them from conversations with a couple of
> non-net individuals, but I'd like to see a wider discussion. The only
> other reference I've seen was a wonderful spoof article (or so it appeared
> :-) on USENET somewhere.
>
> --
> Chris Rusbridge
>
> FIGIT Programme Director (Electronic Libraries Programme)
> Computing Services, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL
> Phone 01203 524979 Fax (temp) 01203 523267
> Email C.A.Rusbridge@Warwick.ac.uk
>
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