Forwarded From: phreak moi <hackereliteat_private> http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,26770,00.html?st.ne.fd.mdh Five firms attack digital pirates By Reuters Special to CNET News.com September 24, 1998, 9:20 a.m. PT Five leading electronics makers said today they have started licensing a method they've developed to protect copyrighted content transferred over digital interfaces from illegal copying. The five firms are Hitachi, Intel, Matsushita Electric Industrial, Sony, and Toshiba. The Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator, an independent licensing authority formed by the five firms, started licensing the Digital Transmission Content Protection (DTCP) method to interested businesses yesterday, the group said in a statement. A Matsushita spokesman said the increasing popularity of digital electronics products gave rise to the need to protect digital contents transferred between electronic devices such as personal computers, DVD players and set-top boxes. In February 1996, the five companies presented the DTCP method to the Copy Protection Technical Working Group, an ad-hoc, cross-industry body organized to evaluate content protection technologies, the statement said. They formed the authority in June 1998 to simplify licensing procedures and promote swift acceptance of the DTCP method by content providers, electronics makers and broadcast service providers, the statement said. -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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