In 2005, the knowledge-base group developed two approaches to digital publishing. The first was Internet-based. The second recognized the difficulty of establishing the identity of Internet users and preventing multiple individuals from utilizing a single account. It therefore proposed that Yuan-Liou develop its own core technologies and its own digital rights management (DRM) system.
2005 年遠流智慧藏內部對數位出版的願景產生了路線之爭，一派以網路為基礎；另一派則認為網路使用者很難查驗身分，無法杜絕「一組帳號多人使用」的弊端，遠流應該擁有自己的核心技術、發展自己的版權保護系統。