Virtual Goods + ODRL International Workshop 2008 (CfP, version 26.1.2008) Call for Papers 6th International Workshop for Technical, Economic and Legal Aspects of Business Models for Virtual Goods incorporating the 4th International ODRL Workshop Oct 16 - 18 2008 in Poznan, Poland. http://www.virtualgoods.org/2008/ Virtual Goods + ODRL 2008 is organized by the IFIP Working Group 6.11 Communication Systems in Electronic Commerce and with the support of the German GI Working Group E-Commerce. 1. SHORT DESCRIPTION What it is about With the rise of new digital music portals, the development of copyright laws world-wide and the increasing success of alternative models, the discussion on digital rights management is even more intense than ever before. Digital content, e.g., MP3 music, flash films, or electronic books, is coming up more and more in the Internet, and doubts that technical protection alone will suffice are increasing. Existing technical approaches to digital rights protection are proprietary and mutual incompatible, they establish closed user groups. Moreover, they overestimate the technical chances to transfer usage rules of physical goods to the digital world by control of end-user devices. Any business model of virtual goods must include not only the virtual objects and their technical control functions, but also the human actors and their personal and economic interest. What is needed is a simple and safe technololgy which supports a balance of interests between creators, providers and consumers of digital goods. Current technology does not give satisfactory answers. The goal of this conference is to bring together experts from scientific and practical fields, researchers from different disciplines, developers, and users interested in electronic commerce of virtual goods. We will assess current methodologies and bring forward new research directions. We expressly welcome research contributions from different fields, including computer sciences, economics, business, law, human sciences and other relevant disciplines. 2. TOPICS LIST Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to, the following aspects: * New business models * Solution architectures * Peer-to-Peer systems * Digital rights management: technical solutions, user acceptance * Content protection (watermarking, encryption, signatures) * ODRL Rights Expression Language * ODRL Profiles and Applications * Web 2.0 * Impact on grid networks * Impact on mobile and wireless communication * Fraud management * Security and privacy * Economic role of the actors * Impact on the society * E-culture participation * Social networks * Social commerce 3. PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES * Papers should be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). * Papers should be written in English. * Word users may use this new word template http://www.virtualgoods.org/2008/word_template.doc * Tex users may use this latex template http://www.virtualgoods.org/2008/latex_template.tex Submit your paper to: grimm(at)uni-koblenz.de and/or susanne(at)odrl.net 4. Conference Proceedings and Publishing in the Web Accepted papers will be printed in a Conference Proceedings Volume published by the Poznan University of Economics Publishing House and distributed among participants during the conference. Abstracts of presentation will be published in the Web at http://www.virtualgoods.org/2008 5. CHAIRS: GENERAL CHAIRS: Wojciech Cellary Information Technology The Poznan University of Economics cellary(a)kti.ae.poznan.pl --- Jürgen Nützel Computer Architectures 4FriendsOnly.cpm Internet Technologies AG, Ilmenau jn(at)4fo.de --- PC CHAIRS: Rüdiger Grimm IT Risk management University Koblenz-Landau grimm(at)uni-koblenz.de --- Susanne Guth Vodafone Düsseldorf susanne(at)odrl.net 6. Invited speakers: Renato Iannella on the "Policy-Aware Web" Leonardo Chiariglione on the Digital Media Project 7. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Program Committee Borka J. Blazic, University and Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, SLO Nathaniel Borenstein, IBM Lotus Division, Ann Arbor MI, USA Karlheinz Brandenburg, Technical University Ilmenau, DE Wojciech Cellary, The Poznan University of Economics, PL (General chair) Jana Dittmann, Uni Magdeburg, DE Ed Gerck, Safevote Inc., San Rafael, CA, USA Ruediger Grimm, University in Koblenz, DE (PC chair) Susanne Guth, Vodafone, DE (PC chair) Berthold Hass , University in Koblenz, DE Thomas Hess , University Munich, DE Renato Iannella, National ICT Australia (NICTA), AU Peter Kropf, Université de Neuchâtel, CH, and Université de Montréal, CAN Kazimierz Krzysztofek, Warsaw Foundation Pro Cultura, PL Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University, USA Kia Ng, University Leeds, UK Juergen Nuetzel, 4FriendsOnly.com AG, Ilmenau, DE (General co-chair) Günther Pernul, Uni Regensburg, DE Frank Stoll, UBS, Zürich, CH Herwig Unger, Fernuniversitaet Hagen, DE 8. IMPORTANT DATES Important Dates June 1, 2008 Full papers submitted July 15, 2008 Notification of acceptance Sep 1, 2008 Print-ready papers due Sep 15, 2008 Deadline for registration Oct 1, 2008 Web-ready presentations due Oct 16-18 2008 Workshop in Poznan Nov 15, 2008 rewritten articles due ready for final book Spring 2009 Final Book available