Back Up: INDICARE DRM Publication Wave

Back from a ten day Eastern internet black out, I've got a lot of catching up to do. For starters, let me highlight the recent publication of the First Supplement [PDF] to INDICARE's State of the Art Report on Digital rights Management and Consumer Acceptability. It provides the developments since the Report's publication in December 2004:

Topics that this publication reports about are, among others, the authorized domain, recent studies concerning the position of consumers with disabilities and DRMs, developing countries, and international aspects of DRM in general. The supplement describes recent legal initiatives in Norway, Germany and Belgium. It also highlights some important consultation procedures and initiatives concerning DRMs that were initialised by the European Consumer Law Group (ECLG), The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) and the Transatlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD). An update on recent technical developments in the field of copy protection for different media is given. Finally, the role of DRM in the information economy is discussed and if DRM, from the business perspective, are primarily means of copy protection or business model enablers. New DRM-based business models are introduced that are based on viral marketing, peer-to-peer networks or subscription and rental services. And then there are alternative business models, new DRM-free content offerings that are reported about in this supplement.

Also, put online last Monday, a fresh flow of articles at the INDICARE site [PDF]:

Digital music usage and DRM. Results from a representative consumer survey by Nicole Dufft
The use of digital rights management in document supply by Andrew Braid
National libraries, preservation and digital rights management. INDICARE-interview by Tobias Steinke
Digital rights management and mass amateurization by Dan Hunter
Consumer acceptance of digital rights management systems by Marc Fetscherin
Real money for virtual items: A case for DRM? by Danny Vogeley
Preparing for the Iditarod of the digital world by Natali Helberger INDICARE consumer survey on digital music published by Nicole Dufft
A2K: Access to Knowledge – Make it happen by Natali Helberger