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Sony Borgs want 'universal' DRM: E-book ramifications?

Tuesday, December 16 2003

Sony and Philip are pushing for their InterTrust DRM system to be "universal." Wonder how much of an open standard this will be. Or will the usual suspects dominate its evolution and bias everything in favor of themselves? My bet. The headline in the Register says, "Intertrust 'universal' DRM scheme coming in six months." Nice Borgish air to all this, no? Assimilation is inevitable. Read on at TeleRead.

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