*VidMid-VoD Conference Call*
November 7, 2001

*Attendees*

Ken Klingenstein (acting chair) - Colorado/Internet2
Ann West - Internet2
Steve Olshansky - Internet2
Jim DeRoest - Washington
Phil Galanter - NYU
Ben Chinowsky (scribe) - Internet2

*Discussion*

Due to light turnout, the group agreed to abbreviate the call. Ken reported that Shibboleth coding is moving forward, and asked Jim and Phil if their campuses have content that requires "not-particularly-complex rights management" and that could be made available for the Shibboleth pilot deployment. Jim noted that UW has made 700 hours of streaming video content freely available. On the other hand, in a partnership with Paul Allen's EMP, UW is working on archiving live audio streams from radio station KEXP; rights management for this material will be complex, including tracking the number of times each song is played (an RIAA requirement). Ken noted that Colorado holds most of the rights for Glenn Miller's recordings, and suggested using Shibboleth to share this material among the five Colorado campuses. Phil noted that NYU is building more and more video collections that have unified themes but not unified ownership, including a popular archive documenting the history of performance art. Interest in this material is considerable, but is currently satisfied by making and mailing tapes. Ken noted that the Shibboleth model allows sub-trees of sites to have their own sub-polices, making it possible for one server to manage content to which diverse policies apply. There was general agreement that the Shibboleth model is worth pursuing for VoD.

*Action Items*

[AI] 19-October-2001 - Mairead will collate and prioritize the existing VidMid-VoD scenarios.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Steve will find out if any of the VidMid scenarios involve both videoconferencing and video on demand.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Phil will send Mairead new VoD scenarios.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Bob will either write a concise infrastructure model for a rights-management PDP or get someone else to do this.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Ted will contact Sam Gustman about using VHF content in a digital rights management pilot project.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Mairead will look for other video resources that VidMid-VoD could use as content in a digital rights management pilot project.
[AI] 19-October-2001 - Mairead and Steve will summarize VidMid-VoD's planned projects and get feedback from the list.