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Digital World Services Launches Rights Locker and Content Manager; Both Tools Will Enhance the Consumer Experience For DRM-Secured Music Downloads
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COLOGNE, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 16, 2001--Popkomm - Digital World Services today announced the launch of DWS Rights Locker and DWS Content Manager, both of which are specifically designed to address the need for a better, easier user experience in a digital rights management (DRM) environment.

These two enhancements will enable flexible access to digital products and allow maximum portability beyond the PC to mobile phones, handheld devices and MP3 players. The tools perform across all Digital World Services' solutions including DWS Retail Integration, DWS Subscription and DWS Promotional Products.

The DWS Rights Locker is a Web-based rights repository that can be used by retailers, portals and content providers to equip consumers with a secure locker to store the rights to their digital content. These rights can then be redeemed from multiple locations.

The rights locker also provides consumers with a secure back up for the content to which they have previously acquired rights.

The DWS Content Manager brings clarity to the consumer experience of acquiring digital products. A single tool to negotiate the download and use of digital products, the DWS Content Manager brings together all media types and associated players with the ability to interact with DRM-secured content. It provides consumers with a concise visual display of download information as well as specific product information and gives them a single library view of their acquired content, which can be activated directly from the interface.

As an integral part of all of Digital World Services' solutions, the DWS Content Manager works with any of the Digital World Services service offerings including the DWS Subscription solution, allowing the consumer to interact with their subscription plan and associated rights to acquired subscription content.

"Absolute ease of use is crucial to the successful distribution of digital products," noted Johann Butting, Digital World Services' CEO. "The rollout of these two tools is not only a great enhancement to all of Digital World Services' solutions, it is our way of saying we are committed to nothing less than perfecting the consumer experience."

About Digital World Services

Digital World Services is a digital rights management (DRM) company providing tailored solutions and services for securing and delivering digital content for all media types including music, publishing, video, games and software.

DWS Rights Clearing, the premiere engine that drives all of DWS' secure digital distribution solutions is unmatched in power and designed to maximize profit and efficiency for all digital business solutions. Among the solutions offered are, retail integration, subscription, promotional products, and P2P secure file sharing.

Digital World Services is the only DRM company that offers experienced professional services such as initial and on-going consulting, end-to-end project management, system integration, content packaging, 24/7 customer support and catalog management.

Operating with offices in New York and Hamburg, Germany, Digital World Services is a subsidiary of Bertelsmann AG, one of the world's largest media companies.


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CONTACT: Digital World Services, New York
Vanessa Erhard, 212/782-7679
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