Techs, telcos team up to set IPTV standard - to manage DRM
Companies which provide television over Internet
technology (IPTV) joined forces on Monday to set a single global standard, so
that all systems would work together - to screw us out of Fair Use.
Companies which provide television over Internet
technology (IPTV) joined forces on Monday to set a single global
standard, so that all systems would work together. The Open IPTV Forum is backed
by companies including Ericsson, Matsushita’s Panasonic, Philips, Samsung
Electronics, Siemens AG Sony Corp, AT&T, Telecom Italia and France
Telecom.
Film makers and TV production companies were not on the list either, but the forum said everyone could join.
Not that they have much to worry about with this crowd.
It said it supported the work of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for unified Internet service delivery and the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) which aims to make it easy for consumers to use their digital music, films and other content across their home or private network.
Most of the nine companies are already active in one or more of these other standards-setting bodies.
The whole point of the DLNA was to unify DRM standards and make it easier to move crippled media around networks.
Film makers and TV production companies were not on the list either, but the forum said everyone could join.
Not that they have much to worry about with this crowd.
It said it supported the work of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) for unified Internet service delivery and the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) which aims to make it easy for consumers to use their digital music, films and other content across their home or private network.
Most of the nine companies are already active in one or more of these other standards-setting bodies.
The whole point of the DLNA was to unify DRM standards and make it easier to move crippled media around networks.
This latest meeting of [insert
word] appears to be designed to aid the globalization of their favorite flavors
of content management. Shall we applaud or….?
Posted: Mon - March 19, 2007 at 01:26 PM