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     SAGE-AU Queensland Chapter Meeting - 10th October 2002
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 *   Date:      14th November 2002 (Second Thursday of the month)

 *   Time:      7:00 - 9:00 pm

     Agenda:    7:00  Welcome and Business at hand
                7:15  Talk
                9:00  Meeting Close

 *   Title:     Palladium: Proposed and in Practice
                - An overview of the Palladium DRM technology.

     Speakers:  Marco Ostini
                Senior IT Officer
                School of Political Science and International Studies
                School of Social Science
                University of Queensland
                http://www.uq.edu.au/

     Abstract:  Palladium: Proposed and in Practice

                Microsoft, keen to build on the 'Trusted Computing
                Platform Alliance' initiative, are developing the
                technology on which you can't tamper with the 
                applications, and where these applications can 
                communicate securely with the vendor. This technology
                is called Palladium.

                This will facilitate Digital Rights Management so that
                for example, the music industry will be able to sell you 
                music downloads that you won't be able to swap.

                Remote censorship will also be available: the mechanisms 
                designed to delete pirated music under remote control may 
                be used to delete documents that a court (or a software 
                company) has decided are offensive.

                This overview of Palladium will provide a basic
                tour of what is proposed, and how in practice
                this technology is being formed today.

                A Question and Answer session will be held after the
                talk to allow people to ask questions.

     Venue:     Room 102
                Frank White - Mining, Minerals and
                Materials Engineering Building (no. 43)
                Cooper Road
                The University of Queensland
                St. Lucia, Brisbane

                http://www.uq.edu.au/about/locations/st-lucia.html
                http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&z=2&id=160

                Car parking is no longer available on campus for free
                until after 9pm, however, it is recommended that members
                park in the multi-level carpark on Sir Fred Schonell Drive
                near the University information booth.  The university is
                serviced by public transport with frequent buses during
                university terms.  The building is situated 5 minutes walk
                from the bus stop and multi-level carpark.  See

Parking Update: Just as an update to the "no free parking" stated above,
                you can in fact park for free on Keith and Coleridge
                Streets, and possibly some other streets around the
                campus.  A map showing these streets can be found at:

         http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.phtml?menu=1&mapcoord=?79,110C

                If you require any additional info on parking on campus,
                please feel free to contact Jamie on 0417 417 967.

     Who:       SAGE-AU Members, System Administrators
                (Visitors are welcome.  After attending two meetings,
                visitors should become members.)

                http://www.sage-au.org.au/member.html

     Purpose:   To gather together Queensland System Administrators,
                System Managers, PC Administrators and System Programmers.
                To lend a sympathetic ear to the plight of System Support.

     Drink:     Orange juice, soft-drink and beer.

     Food:      Pizza and snacks.

     RSVP:      Jamie.Gillespie@member.sage-au.org.au