- INDICARE
= Goal =
The overall goal of INDICARE (The INformed DIalogue about Consumer Acceptability of DRM Solutions in Europe) was to raise awareness, help to reconcile heterogeneous interests of multiple stakeholders, and to support the emergence of a common European position with regard to consumer and user issues of
Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions.The eContent Programme
INDICARE responded to the 3rd call, subline 3.3: Management of rights for digital content, of the eContent Programme of the
European Commission , DG Information Society. INDICARE, a so called Accompanying Measure, was initiated March 2004 and is scheduled for two years (Ref.: EDC - 53042 INDICARE / 28609). The eContent Programme has been replaced by eContent"plus" as of 9 March 2005.Focus
INDICARE addresses problems pointed out in the eContent Work Programme 2003-2004: “There has been little attention to the
consumer side of managing rights. Questions remain open as to the level ofconsumer acceptability of rights management solutions. Interface and functionality of systems, as well as policy issues linked toprivacy and access to information should be the investigated. The consumer question also involves the easiness of access, the legitimate use of content and business models and the easiness of access for disabled persons” (p. 19). In addition to consumer issues, INDICARE addresses the user side, in particular concerns of creators and small and medium-sized information providers.Approach
The INDICARE project establishes and maintains an informed dialogue about
consumer and user issues of DRM. Informed dialogue means that discussions will be stimulated and informed by good quality input such as news information and profound analyses (see below). Part of the input will be derived from interdisciplinary in-depth research of the INDICARE partners as well as from knowledge of experts and stakeholders co-operating with INDICARE.External links
* [http://www.indicare.org/tiki-view_articles.php INDICARE website ] with all publications
* [http://www.cordis.lu/econtent/workprogramme.htm eContent Work Programme 2003-2004 ]
* [http://europa.eu.int/information_society/activities/econtentplus/index_en.htm eContent"plus" ]Project Consortium
* [http://www.itas.fzk.de/home_e.htm Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)] , Karlsruhe, Germany (Project Initiator and Co-ordinator)
* [http://www.ivir.nl/index-english.html Institute for Information Law (IViR)] , University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
* [http://www.mit.bme.hu/eng Department of Measurement and Information Systems] , Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
* [http://www.berlecon.de/en/index.html Berlecon Research GmbH] , Berlin, Germany
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