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Xerox, Microsoft, XrML, ContentGuard, &c.

------- Forwarded message follows ------- Date sent: Mon, 1 May 2000 01:37:41 -0400 (EDT) From: "P.J. Ponder" <ponder@freenet.tlh.fl.us> To: cryptography@c2.net Subject: Xerox, Microsoft, XrML, ContentGuard, &c.

Microsoft is funding an initiative at Xerox's Palo Alto Reseach Center on digital rights management. Lots of press hype available at their sites.

They are touting an 'open' standard initiative called XrML, which is an attempt to harmonize digital rights syntax. There is a lengthy web form located at:

http://www.xrml.org/tech_xrml_form.asp

which I guess allows one to download the XrML spec. Why they just couldn't post it on the site is beyond me - especially if they would like to characterize it as an open standard. It's easier to get PGP or an ISO standard.

I filled in the form, and got this reply:

| Thanks for registering with XrML.org | The XRML spec will be mailed to the e-mail address ponder@tfn.net within | five business days.

I think one needs Adobe Acrobat version 4.05 to read the spec, according to a message posted on their webboard.

Some of the patents cited at the XrML (http://www.xrml/org) site:

http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US05715403__ http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US05638443__ http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US05634012__ http://www.patents.ibm.com/details?&pn=US05629980__

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