COMTEX)QDESIGN TO PROVIDE ADVANCED SCALABLE AUDIO TECHNOLOGY TO INTERTRUST AND METATRUST-CERTIFIED AUDIO APPLICATIONS
INTERTRUST AND QDESIGN TO Combine Digital Rights Management and Audio Technology for a Secure, Scalable Music
Solution That Supports Rights-Managed Content for Download and Streaming
SANTA CLARA, Calif. and VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Feb 14, 2000
/PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- -- InterTrust Technologies Corporation
(Nasdaq: ITRU), the MetaTrust Utility(TM), and QDesign Corporation, a
leading provider of digital audio compression technologies, today
announced a technology partnership for the use of QDesign's audio codec
technology in MetaTrust-Certified(TM) audio applications. The
partnership is aimed at developing a digital rights management (DRM)
enabled, scalable audio format for digital streaming applications.
Further, QDesign and InterTrust will work together to integrate DRM
technology into the Windows version of the recently released MVP
audio/video player, a cross-platform (for MacOS and Windows) software
application for recording and playback of digital music and videos.
Adding the QDesign high quality, scalable audio code to the growing
list of DRM-enabled audio formats (MP3, AAC, and others) will result in
more digital music commerce options for music player companies, content
owners and consumers. Music player companies will have more DRM-enabled
development options. Content owners will have extensive control over
how their music content is promoted, licensed, and sold without the
need to re-purpose content each time new distribution and business
models are introduced. Consumers will have greater choice in
DRM-enabled music players as InterTrust and QDesign work to integrate
DRM into the audio capabilities of the MVP application, with the goal
of becoming a MetaTrust-Certified audio application.
The QDesign Music codec is optimized to produce high quality audio at
data rates as low as 1 K-Bit per second. The combination of scalability
and quality of the latest QDesign audio technology allows a single
encoded source file to serve a broad range of music products and
services, from music download to personalized streaming Internet radio.
The "on-the-fly" scalability allows QDesign encoded audio to
automatically fit to available storage (i.e., up to 5 times more audio
than standard MP3 files on portable music players) as well as
dynamically adapt to available bandwidth for Internet streaming.
"InterTrust provides the most comprehensive DRM technology for all
digital content types," said Richard J. Beaton, president, QDesign
Corporation. "By integrating InterTrust DRM with the scalability of the
QDesign audio technology, we are providing content owners with the most
robust system for creating, promoting, and delivering digital music
around e-commerce."
"InterTrust seeks to provide the broadest selection of codec technology
support for audio and video possible," said Talal Shamoon, senior vice
president, Media, InterTrust Technologies Corporation. "The QDesign
audio codec technology offers a level of scalability quality and
control that elegantly complements the InterTrust DRM platform. The
combination of technologies presents content owners and consumers an
innovative array of options for new music products and services, using
existing and emerging delivery mechanisms."
QDesign Corporation From the release of the world's first real-time MP2
audio compression software in 1996 to the introduction of its own MP3
and QDesign Music technologies, QDesign has established itself as the
leading provider of the most advanced audio compression solutions in
the broadcast, new media and Internet delivery markets. Since the
inclusion of the QDesign Music Codec in Apple QuickTime as the audio
compression solution for Internet streaming, multimedia authoring and
digital music, QDesign has received numerous industry accolades for
delivering the best web audio technology. Last fall, the company
introduced digital music to the masses with "MVP", the first software
application for creating and managing the most complete range of music
and video formats on both Mac OS and Windows platforms. Today,
QDesign's audio technologies appear in hardware processors, digital
audio production, automation and distribution systems as well as
consumer multimedia software.
QDesign is a founding member of the Secure Digital Music Initiative
(SDMI), the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
organization for developing solutions to protect content owners rights
for managing access and distribution of their content.
For more information on QDesign and its products, please visit:
www.qdesign.com. For more information about the state of the art in
online digital music, contact Mandy Chan, VP of Business Development at
QDesign -- 604-688-1525, mchan@qdesign.com
InterTrust Digital Rights Management Digital rights management (DRM)
technologies protect and manage rights and interests in digital
information. InterTrust's DRM platform provides a common foundation for
distributed e-commerce digital information and event management. In the
content industry, this allows authors, publishers, enterprises,
governments, users and others to specify, as appropriate, rules
regarding the use of digital information, and the consequences
resulting from such use. InterTrust(R) technology is designed to
protect digital information, apply rules persistently after information
is distributed, and automate many e-commerce processes related to
content use. InterTrust's DRM platform is general purpose and manages
most media and content types, including music, publications, business
information, video, games, software, and images. InterTrust DRM is
enhanced by its use in the MetaTrust Utility, a non-discriminatory,
policy neutral, global environment for digital commerce.
InterTrust Technologies Corporation InterTrust Technologies Corporation
is the leading developer of distributed digital rights management (DRM)
technology. InterTrust has developed a general purpose DRM platform
that serves as a foundation for providers of digital information,
technology, and commerce services. InterTrust licenses its DRM platform
as software and tools to partners. Collectively, these partners offer
digital commerce services and applications that form a global commerce
system branded as the "MetaTrust Utility." InterTrust serves as the
neutral administrator of the MetaTrust environment.
The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical
are forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the
Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, including statements regarding
InterTrust's expectations, beliefs, hopes, intentions or strategies
regarding the future. All forward-looking statements included in this
document are based upon information available to InterTrust as of the
date hereof, and InterTrust assumes no obligation to update any such
forward-looking statement. Actual results could differ materially from
current expectations. Factors that could cause or contribute to such
differences include, but are not limited to, the factors and risks
discussed in InterTrust's reports filed from time to time with the
Securities and Exchange Commission.
NOTE: InterTrust and DigiBox are registered trademarks of InterTrust
Technologies Corporation, and the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, and
MetaTrust Utility are trademarks of InterTrust Technologies
Corporation, all of which may or may not be used in certain
jurisdictions. All other brand or product names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of their respective companies or organizations.
SOURCE InterTrust Technologies Corporation
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CONTACT: Joseph Jennings of InterTrust, 408-855-0201, or
jjennings@intertrust.com; or Leigh Anne Varney of Varney
Business
Communication, 415-387-7250, or la@varneybusiness.com; or Ken
Ashdown of
QDesign, 604-688-1525, or kashdown@qdesign.com
WEB PAGE: intertrust.com
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