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Subject:    [codec-devel] [Politech] Tech firms, Hollywood announce copy protection alliance
From:       Mike Melanson <melanson () pcisys ! net>
Date:       2004-07-14 11:45:15
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.4.58.0407140544440.1269 () x-wing ! tmmm ! home
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Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 00:02:08 -0400
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: politech@politechbot.com
Subject: [Politech] Tech firms,
     Hollywood announce copy protection alliance [ip]


http://news.com.com/Tech%2C+Hollywood+heavyweights+create+content+coalition/2100-1025_3-5268315.html?tag=nefd.lede


Tech, Hollywood heavyweights create content coalition
Last modified: July 13, 2004, 4:00 PM PDT
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com

Several high-profile technology companies and movie studios are expected
to announce Wednesday that they have formed a coalition to ensure that
high-definition video and other content cannot be pirated in home networks.

Sources familiar with the group's formation said the initial members
include IBM, Intel, Sony, Microsoft, Warner Bros., Disney and Panasonic.
The announcement is scheduled to be made at the cross-industry Content
Protection Technology Working Group (CPTWG) meeting in Los Angeles,
although last-minute membership changes could occur before then.

The alliance marks the culmination of years of tentative and often
suspicious contact between the high-tech industry and Hollywood. It will
be aimed at developing specifications to protect copyrighted content
such as movies inside home networks. If the group is successful, a
consumer might be able to download a high-definition movie, store it on
a PC, watch it on a television and transfer it to a mobile device to
watch while traveling.

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