Liebe GI SEC Fachgruppensprecher, ich wäre Ihnen dankbar, wenn Sie diesen Aufruf zur Virtual Goods Workshop in Koblenz in Ihren E-Mail-Verteilerlisten verteilen könnten. Ich bin nicht überall Mitglied und will es daher Ihrer Entscheidung überlassen, ob Sie ihn posten wollen. Darüber hinaus ist es auch eine Einladung direkt an Sie persönlich. Freundliche Grüße --- Rüdiger Grimm ==== Liebe Mitglieder des GI-Fachbereichs "Sicherheit - Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit", der jährliche internationale Workshop "Virtual Goods" (zuletzt in Ilmenau, Florenz und Leeds) wird dieses Jahr 2007 in meiner neuen Universität in Koblenz stattfinden. Siehe www.virtualgoods.org. Organisieren werden ihn wie erprobt Jürgen Nützel und ich, verstärkt durch einen Koblenzer Kollegen des Informationsmanagements, Berthold Hass. Unsere GI Fachgruppe ECOM ist Co-Sponsor dieses Workshops. Aber die hier angesprochenen Fragestellungen betreffen Sicherheitsprobleme über den E-Commerce hinaus. Wie gewohnt werden Fragen virtueller Güter aus technischer, ökonomischer und rechtlicher Sicht behandelt, wir wollen unseren Forschungsbezug durch einen Bezug zu Erfahrungen mit geschäftlichen Anwendungen ergänzen. Eingeladene Sprecher sind Dr. Susanne Guth (Technical Lead Music/DRM, o2 Germany, Munich) und Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg (Director, Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Ilmenau). Important Dates: June 1, 2007 Full papers submitted July 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance September 1, 2007 Deadline for registration September 1, 2007 Print-ready papers due October 1, 2007 Web-ready presentations due October 11 - 13, 2007 Workshop in Koblenz Ich würde mich freuen, möglichst viele von Ihnen im Oktober in Koblenz zu treffen, beste Grüße --- Rüdiger Grimm Virtual Goods @ Universität Koblenz-Landau (CfP, version 31.1.2007) Call for Papers 5th International Workshop for Technology, Economy, and Legal Aspects of Virtual Goods, Oct 11 - 13, 2007, in Koblenz, Germany. http://www.virtualgoods.org/2007/ Virtual Goods 2007 is organized by the GI Working Group E-Commerce and in parallel with IFIP Working Group 6.11 Communication Systems in Electronic 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 satsifactory 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: * Content protection (watermarking, encryption, signatures) * Technical solutions in digital rights management * User acceptance of digital rights management * New business models and solution architectures * Peer-to-Peer systems * Virtual goods services such as payment and delivery * Fraud management * Security and privacy * The economic role and perspective of the actors * The economic/cultural/legal impact on the society 3.IMPORTANT DATES Important Dates June 1, 2007 Full papers submitted July 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance Sep 1, 2007 Deadline for registration Sep 1, 2007 Print-ready papers due Oct 1, 2007 Web-ready presentations due Oct 11-13 2007 Workshop in Koblenz 4. PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINES * Papers should be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). * Papers should be written in English. * Detailed information will be published later on the Web site of the Virtual Goods Workshop Submit your paper to: grimm(a)uni-koblenz.de and/or hass(a)uni-koblenz.de 5. CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND PUBLISHING IN THE WEB Accepted papers will be printed in a Conference Proceedings Volume published by Nova Science Publishers, Inc., Hauppauge, New York, USA. https://www.novapublishers.com/catalog/. (Contract in process) Abstracts and slides of presentation will be published in the Web at http://www.virtualgoods.org/2007/ 6. CONFERENCE CHAIRS Rüdiger Grimm IT Risk management University Koblenz-Landau grimm(at)uni-koblenz.de --- Berthold Hass New Media University Koblenz-Landau hass(at)uni-koblenz.de --- Jürgen Nützel Computer Architectures 4FriendsOnly.cpm Internet Technologies AG, Ilmenau jn(at)4fo.de 7. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Dr. Susanne Guth Technical Lead Music/DRM o2 Germany, Munich Prof. Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg Director Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology, Ilmenau 8. PROGRAM COMMITTEE (confirmation is requested) 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 Jana Dittmann, Uni Magdeburg, DE Ed Gerck, Safevote Inc., San Rafael, CA, USA Ruediger Grimm, University in Koblenz, DE (chair) Berthold Hass, University in Koblenz, DE (chair) Thomas Hess, University Munich, DE Peter Kropf, Université de Montréal, CAN Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University, USA Paolo Nesi, University of Florence, IT Kia Ng, University Leeds, UK Juergen Nuetzel, 4FriendsOnly.com AG, Ilmenau, DE (chair) Günther Pernul, Uni Regensburg, DE Frank Stoll, UBS, Zürich, CH Herwig Unger, University Hagen, DE 9. WEB SITE www.virtualgoods.org