| Is
a mission still needed? |
With so many cases of
Digital Media Technologies currently employed to run Digital Media
businesses, has time not come to let market forces work? |
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No progress for Digital Media |
Unlike other Digital Technologies
which have generated huge and profitable businesses, Digital
Media is having a miserable life. |
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| No
winners |
• End users get none
of the claimed benefits
• Business players are finding none of the opportunities they
were promised and
• Public authorities' desire to offer citizenship the benefits
of technology is stalled. |
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| The
hurdles |
Since 1998 there has been
a series of efforts aimed at removing the hurdles hindering the successful
exploitation of Digital Media by preserving the value of digital
content in the interest of rights holders and end users: OPIMA,
SDMI and MPEG-21. |
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| Need
to act |
These are important efforts
but they are not enough. To remedy past deficiencies and speed up
exploitation of new technology results we need a Digital Media
Project. Read the Digital Media Project white
paper. |
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| What
you shoud do |
• Read the rationale
of the Digital Media Project. If you
agree then
• Join a global effort to draft a Digital
Media Manifesto. In any case
• Read Riding
the media bits, a guide to the complexities of the Digital Media
world. |
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| The
next step |
The
Digital Media Manifesto is being drafted collaboratively by correspondence
(e-mail). If you want to join send an e-mail.
A physical meeting may be needed to finalise the text. |
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| What
will be in the Manifesto
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•
The agreed rationale
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The work plan
•
The charter of a not-for-profit organisation running the Digital Media
Project. |
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| Nota
Bene |
The
communication policy will be adopted for
the collaborative drafting of the Digital Media Manifesto. |
