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A wave of competing and incompatible DRM products has hit the market from Microsoft, Apple Computer, Sony, IBM, RealNetworks and others, creating interoperability headaches for consumers. For example, Apple's best-selling iPod MP3 player supports only the company's own flavor of DRM, which is used on songs purchased from its iTunes Music Store. DRM-protected songs purchased from other music download stores can't be played back on the iPod, nor will iTunes songs play on any MP3 player other than the iPod
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5151260.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed
Tech giants lock down wireless content
By Ben Charny , Richard Shim and John Borland
CNET News.com
January 30, 2004, 3:39 PM PT
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A secretive effort to secure music and video on wireless devices will come out of the shadows next week, when a group of technology heavyweights are expected to announce new technology that aims to bring order to burgeoning digital media applications, according to sources familiar with the plans.
Formerly known as "Project Hudson," the effort will kick off publicly Monday, with the announcement of new digital rights management (DRM) specification from industry group the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), as well as the formation of a new licensing body led by Intel, Nokia, Panasonic and Samsung that will promote the technology, sources said. Toshiba was originally a member of the licensing group but has since backed out.
The licensing entity will be known as the Content Management License Administrator (CMLA) and will promote an implementation of the latest version of OMA's digital rights management standard.
OMA, Intel and Nokia declined to comment on the pending announcements. Panasonic and Samsung did not immediately return calls.
CMLA aims to ease piracy concerns among movie studios and record labels over a growing number of devices capable of connecting to wireless networks, including cell phones. According to one source familiar with the plan, the DRM scheme will be built into mobile handsets, allowing encrypted files to be streamed onto compliant devices. Known as OMA DRM 2.0 Enabler Release, the specification could also potentially support devices connected in wireless networks based on the 802.11 standards, or Wi-Fi.
Although a relative newcomer in the crowded DRM space, the CMLA plan has already won some early support from major content owners, sources said. In a sign that at least two major entertainment companies are onboard with some aspects of the initiative, representatives from Sony Music and Universal Music are expected to attend an OMA event in Los Angeles on Monday when the group releases the latest version of its DRM software.
Entertainment companies have embraced wireless devices as a means to market their artists and as another avenue to sell their goods. Many major record companies create ring tones, which are song snippets that replace a phone's pre-packaged ring. A growing number of TV stations sell, usually through carriers, 15- to 30-second downloadable videos based on sports highlights or news broadcasts. While it's too early to measure the revenues from watching television on a cell phone, the market for ring tones and downloadable music for cell phones was $4 billion worldwide last year.
Still, some analysts remain skeptical of the market in the near term.
"There are pockets of advanced mobile users who might be looking at this right now," said Mike McGuire, an analyst at GartnerG2, a division of the Gartner research firm. "But for most of the population, the compelling argument for extending lots of media types to the mobile phone has yet to be made."
DRM is an increasingly important technology for media companies, which face daunting piracy challenges from fast Internet connections and file-sharing networks that provide easy access to libraries of unauthorized content.
Software makers hope to cash in on the media industry's demand for DRM by supplying security standards that could ultimately give them a slice of the profits every time a song or movie is bought or played online. They also stand to reap substantial fees from hardware companies that would be required to license their technology in order to legally play back most copyrighted music and videos.
A wave of competing and incompatible DRM products has hit the market from Microsoft, Apple Computer, Sony, IBM, RealNetworks and others, creating interoperability headaches for consumers. For example, Apple's best-selling iPod MP3 player supports only the company's own flavor of DRM, which is used on songs purchased from its iTunes Music Store. DRM-protected songs purchased from other music download stores can't be played back on the iPod, nor will iTunes songs play on any MP3 player other than the iPod.
Nokia, Motorola, SonyEricsson and Siemens make a total of 46 handsets that use an early version of OMA's DRM, while Ericsson and Openwave Systems make servers that use the technology, according to OMA's Web site.
Microsoft disharmony?
It is unclear how, or if, the OMA specification will work with competing DRM schemes, in particular Microsoft's Windows Media technology.
Microsoft has been a member of the OMA for some time and points to its work within the body as evidence that it is a backer of open standards and interoperability. However, the company has been relentless in its push toward making Windows Media--and associated digital rights management tools--a standard for distribution of content on virtually all devices.
Jason Reindorp, group manager of Microsoft's Windows Digital Media Division, said interoperability is key to DRM.
"Digital rights management technology needs to first of all enable the seamless flow of media between devices and services, and we have been working with all points of the industry to ensure this happens," he said. "All of the major music labels, film studios and more than 50 online content services, as well as 60 portable devices work with Windows Media and Windows Media DRM, ensuring the consumer has the best experience while content is appropriately protected."
That push has been limited on mobile devices, however. The company has been working for more than a year on a portable device-based rights management system that would include the ability to block access to a song or other content after a given time or subscription has run out, which is expected to open up the MP3 player market to online music subscription services such as Napster.
However, Microsoft has made little move to focus its smart phone or PocketPC software on media devices. Toward that end, it is touting the Portable Media Center, a design for a small handheld device that will store and play audio and video. Versions of this created by Creative Technology will be on the market later this year.
With this on the way, the tension between the OMA group and Microsoft may center on devices, rather than rights management tools. OMA is heavily weighted toward accessing the Internet directly through mobile devices, while Microsoft still looks toward the PC.
"Microsoft's big goal is to turn the PC into the ideal device on which to store and manipulate content," said Matt Rosoff, an analyst with research firm Directions On Microsoft. "To make that strategy work, there need to be various devices which connect. The PC is the hub, and (the Portable Media Center) is a spoke."
someones probably using them for heating fuel.
Sorry, just saw Bruces reply....hey Jim....
you got change for a $100.00?
;o)
Jim...there are 86,400 sec. in a day....60sec X 60min X 24hrs.
2,100,000,000/86400 = 24,305 days.
I'm on overload....I'll check back in the AM to see if I'm wrong.
Goodnite.
I come up with about 24,000+ days!
60 X 60 X 24 X 24,000 =2,073,600,000.
Heh heh, a new toy, thanks T.
Gotta get a wide screen now
Sent......DUH! :(
Thanks. I forgot about that.
Can you split screen this stuff?
Thanks Sentinel...just printed out the graph and trying to make heads and tails out of it.
Interesting.
This could take years to learn, if ever.
Thanks for the link Orygun.
lol Joe...been doing that all along.
I can see where a couple of screens would help here...going back and forth is for the birds....by the time I get back to the chart I forget the rules...lol.
fred..........they taught you that in
head porting school?
What you say seems to follow the chart.
OT:
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=EDIG&read=1176979
SENT:.......................
Crossovers: When the Aroon Down line crosses above the Aroon Up line, potential weakness is indicated. Expect prices to begin trending lower. When the Aroon Up line crosses above the Aroon Down line, potential strength is indicated. Expect prices to begin trending higher.
Looks like its trending down still to me. The last cycle didn't follow the previous ones.
Am I reading that right?
S E N T........looks like we already passed that up..now there's a flat top.....looks like we can only go back down till the next cycle. Red is at 100. Has to go down or ?
boy, I would trade on that alone....lol.
It's almost like a sine wave.
lol.....is that top chart for real?
no wonder I can't get thru to you.
I'm outta here then....lol.
LI......SOS....waiting for those announcements again! I wish something would surface from the hints they were throwing around. I'm not averaging down anymore! I'm gonna chase the SOB when it runs.....lol
It would sure make a lot of us feel more relaxed with "ONE" announcement.....just one!
HH...a lot of us believed in EDIG..I don't go along with poor salesmanship on RP/ff's part. Now what they have said in the past is a different story though.
I still feel the market isn't fully ready for mOS. Seems like it is starting though...we shall see.
HRH
Hey, he's a Pro....and if he were real, real smart he'd a bought in the teens. Seems like a lot of investors here did just that.
So much for Loser Loest!
If Loest was no dummy then why did he buy high and sell low?
People have always understood pain. Threats rarely work.
[:^(~
HSN (channel 240 on Direct TV) may show the MooPod in a bit. They had it on last night after the Gateway DVD player and camera.
$399.00 with speakers.
Seems you is right on so far.
Jim
..............
I've owned ibiz continuously since '99.
I don't show anything on my broker statements from it yet.
I've owned IBIZ continuously since 7/99 and my latest statement does not reflect any shares other than IBIZ (IBZT).
Hot dog.....************
http://ragingbull.lycos.com/mboard/boards.cgi?board=IBZT&read=110455
whoo hoo hoo..........
boy am I shocked. what a way to end a weekend. When i left it was at .029 and looking south. I don't have a trading account yet and if I did I'd a been out. Maybe i should stick to a broker with high commissions.
Whooooohoooo hoooo.
I'm am green baby!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dam I luv this stock, I'm up
$30.00......less commissions. :o))~
Crapolla..they (IBZT) didn't make the finalist list at CES.
Monday should still be interesting.
Off to make a buck the hard way.
this is one reason you need to sit on one or two stocks....and load up on 'em..sometimes ya gotta do some serious digging for this stuff just to see if it's on the up and up.
Daytradings OK, ya don't care what the company does, just so it goes up and down
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=2099063
check it out......Leo thinks it's the neatest thing at the CES show....hopefully we rock Monday. <g>ear to ear.
Good show Art. RB had over 500 IBZT posts today I think...couldn't keep up with it...lol. I don't know how they can post and watch level ll that fast.......practise i guess.
2 or 3....lol....I'm trying to get rid of the one I got.
Gimme a few weeks, I'll get faster!
I'm almost thinking I should stay away from daytrading.....addicting as hell to sit here and just watch a stock when it's running like hell.....new DSL coming in Tuesday (SBC)....I'm hooked until I'm broke.
I spend all my money at the end of the year and delay invoicing to lower my tax base..so I is broke right now till the checks come in, in a few weeks. Might have enuf for a Sub then. :o)
Reading the other boards is interesting. I already forgot about your buddy Cass. Hell, I barely looked at eDIG today.
:o)
hey, i don't have an account yet....plus I have a dam business that gets in the way... i was out a few hours...but this sure looks like more fun.
Don't know if I could handle more than two anyway.
You have a nice advanage. Be greatful.
crap..back under .04, my God what a ride....half a billion shares.
EDIG WHO?
this sure beats yesterday for me.
IBZT..rolled thru .04 and moving...lol...i can't keep up with the posts on RB (sorry). probably more posts there than all combined.
400 posts today
anyone know the resistance above .047?
TIA.
they grabbed my grubby worm..in on IBZT..see where we go.