To: Walter Morton who wrote (5486 ) 6/10/1999 4:19:00 AM From: Savant Respond to of 18366
5/27/99 InterTrust Digital Rights Management InterTrust's sophisticated DRM system enables information companies, such as music labels, content publishers and artists, to deliver products to consumers with persistent protection, superdistribution, flexible business rules and content usage opportunities. InterTrust's rules-based, distributed DRM system persistently manages and enforces the rights of all digital commerce participants, for both online and offline transactions. Through the use of the MetaTrust Utility and its DRM capabilities, these participants benefit from a neutral environment for the automation of digital commerce for all forms of digital information. Comparisons Criteria/Competition InterTrust IBM Sony Product Name Commerce 1.2 Electronic Music MagicGate Management System (EMMS) Technology Digital Rights Secure Secure Management Distribution Distribution Markets General Purpose Music Music Persistent Protection Yes No No SuperDistribution Yes No No Network Dependency Online and Online Online Offline Business Rules Yes No No Data Centers NatWest, IBM Unknown Mitsubishi, Universal, Reciprocal Shipping Status Yes No, Pilot No - Summer 1999 development project announced A detailed competitive analysis of InterTrust Commerce 1.2 versus Sony MagicGate and IBM EMMS (Project Madison) is available at intertrust.com . InterTrust Technologies Corporation InterTrust has invented, and is shipping, products and services that enable end-to-end digital rights management solutions delivered by MetaTrust Utility core partners. MetaTrust Utility core partners include Mitsubishi Corporation, National Westminster Bank Plc., Reciprocal and Universal Music Group. Data center builder partners include Samsung SDS. Application and integration builder partners include Computacenter (UK) Ltd., Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.'s RioPort division, Digital Theater Systems, Fraunhofer IIS, Harris Corporation, MusicMatch, Inc., and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).