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To: Jerry Olson who wrote (98429)	5/19/2000 6:57:00 AM
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TI Licenses InterTrust's Rights/PD(TM) Software to Develop Flexible, Secure Solutions for Portable Internet Audio Devices DALLAS and SANTA CLARA, Cailf., May 19 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to accelerate the growth of the Internet audio market, Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN), the world leader in DSP and analog technologies, and InterTrust Technologies Corporation (Nasdaq: ITRU), the MetaTrust Utility(TM), today announced an agreement to develop secure solutions for portable audio devices. This solution will allow digital content to be securely transferred from a consumer's PC to a portable Internet audio device and used only as permitted by the rightful owner of the content. (See ti.com. Using technology from InterTrust, TI will develop enhanced Digital Rights Management (DRM) capabilities based on TI's programmable, low-power TMS320C5000(TM) digital signal processors (DSPs) that offer original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) flexible solutions for the secure download and playback of rights protected music content. The solution will be available by third quarter 2000. Combining TI's DSP technology with InterTrust's DRM platform offers one of the most secure solutions for the transmission of digital content. The TI/InterTrust solution, which will be MetaTrust-Certified(TM), will support InterTrust's Rights/PD(TM) software and will incorporate advanced security features, such as a built-in, unique Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) ID, verification of a secure environment and disabling of debug and test interfaces. The TI/InterTrust relationship also enables the persistent protection of all-digital content and supports simple to complex business models defined by the individual content owner or device manufacturer. The TI/InterTrust solution is software-upgradeable to enable support for future product features and multiple audio formats. TI's programmable DSPs support all existing audio formats including MP3, Windows Media Audio, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), RealNetworks RealAudio G2, Liquid Audio and the speech codec used by Audible, Inc. TI DSP technology, coupled with InterTrust's leading DRM technology, offers OEMs the most flexible security solution available, so they can incorporate any level of security they choose. TI's DSPs are currently designed into more than 30 of the next-generation portable audio players, including the RCA Lyra, Sony(TM) Vaio(R) Music Clip and Sanyo's new portable player. "TI's programmable DSP provides a flexible platform for InterTrust's general purpose DRM platform that is cost efficient and adaptable to meet the needs of portable device manufacturers," said Edmund Fish, EVP and chief business officer, InterTrust Technologies Corporation. "This technology partnership will allow future electronic devices to deliver SDMI-compliant, secure digital content for the Internet and other media outlets. TI is at the forefront of the Internet audio market and has done an outstanding job of meeting the strict demands of end-users, hardware manufacturers and the music industry." "At TI, we pride ourselves in knowing what manufacturers want in the form of security, and we have always offered them the most flexible solutions to accommodate their needs," said Bob McKune, worldwide marketing manager for TI's Internet audio business. "TI programmable DSPs are ideally suited for InterTrust's DRM platform and provide our customers with a broad range of features, including one of the most advanced DRM systems with flexible upgrade capabilities to incorporate future features and codecs." "BMG is pleased to see the leading developer of distributed DRM technology teaming up with the world's leading designer and supplier of DSP and analog technologies to enable future portable devices to fully satisfy and exceed the SDMI requirements for digital music downloads," said Christa Hausler, senior director of New Technology, BMG Entertainment. "We believe this partnership will usher in a new era of rights-managed music and create a new avenue by which we distribute our content to our customers."