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Microsoft, Apple opt out of DRM consortium
Friday, 8 October 2004A new consortium has been established to address digital rights management (DRM) for music and films.
The Coral Consortium has backing from entertainment industry heavyweights Sony, Samsung, Philips, Matsushita, HP and 20th Century Fox. However, software giants Apple, RealNetworks and Microsoft have not lent their support to the new project.
The Coral Consortium plans to address problems faced by consumers when they download music or films from one source only to find that it is not compatible across devices. Promoting interoperability between digital rights management technologies is key to the continued success of digital download services.
Coral said its "goal is to create a common technology framework for content, device and service providers, regardless of the DRM technologies they use.
Intertrust, now jointly owned by fellow Coral members Sony and Phillips, is the only major DRM player involved in the consortium. The firm, which is currently developing interoperable DRM frameworks, won a substantial settlement from Microsoft in a landmark case earlier this year.
The Coral Consortium has backing from entertainment industry heavyweights Sony, Samsung, Philips, Matsushita, HP and 20th Century Fox. However, software giants Apple, RealNetworks and Microsoft have not lent their support to the new project.
The Coral Consortium plans to address problems faced by consumers when they download music or films from one source only to find that it is not compatible across devices. Promoting interoperability between digital rights management technologies is key to the continued success of digital download services.
Coral said its "goal is to create a common technology framework for content, device and service providers, regardless of the DRM technologies they use.
Intertrust, now jointly owned by fellow Coral members Sony and Phillips, is the only major DRM player involved in the consortium. The firm, which is currently developing interoperable DRM frameworks, won a substantial settlement from Microsoft in a landmark case earlier this year.