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Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative American Association of Museums American Association of University Professors American Film Marketing Association American Intellectual Property Law Association American Library Association American National Standards Institute American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers American Society of Media Photographers Association of American Law Libraries Association of American Publishers Association of American Universities Association of American University Presses Association of Research Libraries Authors Guild

Issue Description: Technological, economic, legal, administrative and public policy issues associated with systems that are designed to facilitate digital content commerce by enabling the identification of content in digital formats, its ownership, and the terms and conditions for its use, in direct or indirect association with the content itself. (A,H) See AAP White Paper "What Consumers Want in Digital Rights Management (DRM)" of other related documents at the AAP website.