OSCC14 - The New Era of Content Protection in OpenSim
Channel: AvaCon Inc
Date: 2014-12-05

The New Era of Content Protection in OpenSim

Last year, Avination and Singularity developed a new "export" permission for OpenSim with support both on the server side, and in modern viewers. Meanwhile, Kitely rolled out their own, parallel, export permission system based on a combination of Kitely Market settings and existing perms. Now, both systems are in play, with InWorldz and other grids testing out the Avination/Singularity system, and Kitely using their own system to enable market deliveries to other grids as well as OAR region downloads. Panelists will discuss how to implement export permissions, how well they work, and what's still to be done. They will also debate the merits of the two current approaches, and whether content creators should be using DRM at all.

Speakers

Myron Curtis
Throughout his life, Myron Curtis has been involved with the evolution of digital technology. He still has his dad’s TS1000 home computer, its manuals and program cassettes that he played games on as a child. He has taught computer science at Butte Community College for the past 12 years, has been building virtual worlds since 2006, and now owns Virtual Worlds Grid.

Maria Korolov
Hypergrid Business
Maria Korolov is editor and publisher of Hypergrid Business and of the Hyperica directory of hypergrid destinations. She has been a war correspondent, ran a news bureau in Shanghai, and covered business and technology for national magazines for over 15 years -- but the emerging metaverse is the most exciting thing she's ever covered.

John "Pathfinder" Lester
Chief Learning Officer, Reaction Grid
John "Pathfinder" Lester is a leader and expert in Knowledge Management, 3D Simulations, Multiuser Virtual Worlds and Immersive Learning. His background is in neuroscience research and medical education, and he previously worked at Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital and Linden Lab. John is currently the Chief Learning Officer at ReactionGrid, helping clients develop new systems for immersive learning using next-generation virtual world platforms. 

Ilan Tochner
CEO, Kitely
Ilan Tochner is the Co-Founder and CEO of Kitely, the biggest commercial provider of OpenSim regions and the creator of Kitely Market, the leading marketplace serving the Hypergrid metaverse. Ilan formerly held key positions in several startups, including CEO at IDChoice and Director of Infrastructure Development at OmniSky. Ilan has an MBA from Tel Aviv University and a B.Sc. in Computer Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


About the OpenSimulator Community Conference 2014: The OpenSimulator Community Conference is an annual conference that focuses on the developer and user community creating the OpenSimulator software - http://opensimulator.org.  Organized as a joint production by the Overte Foundation and AvaCon, Inc., the conference features two days of presentations, workshops, keynote sessions, and social events across diverse sectors of the OpenSimulator user base. The OpenSimulator Community Conference 2014 features four themed tracks and a Learning Lab

For more information see http://conference.opensimulator.org.