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To: BillyG who wrote (33176)	5/13/1998 10:14:00 AM
From: Don Dorsey	Respond to of 50808

Big players push encryption standardIntel, consumer electronics companies aim to spur the creation of digital content THE PROPOSED FRAMEWORK is designed to work with the IEEE 1394 digital interface technology. That standard, also known as Firewire, allows digital devices such as televisions, VCRs, DVD players, and set-top boxes to communicate with each other. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿExecutives from the computer and electronics companies backing the initiative said they joined forces in order to deploy technology to protect digital movies and music from being illegally copied. In addition, they said their proposal is based on public and symmetric key cryptography. However, they did not detail what encryption technology would be used or how strong it would be. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿAnalysts say the establishment of any kind of encryption standard will be key to convincing the entertainment industry to sign on to these new technologies. Movie studios and record companies have been holding back acceptance because of concerns about copyright protection. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿ"The hardware guys could care less [about encryption]. The content people are the ones who have something to lose," said Ted Julian, an analyst at Forrester Research Inc. in Cambridge, Mass. "The hardware guys are just trying to get something through." ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿThe announcement Thursday from Intel and the other companies - Hitachi Ltd., Matsushita Electric Corp. of America, Toshiba Corp. and Sony Corp. - came along with statements of approval from Warner Brothers and the Recording Industry Association of America. ÿ ÿ ÿ ÿThe RIAA said in a statement that the deal "brings us one step closer to realizing" their goal of better audio distribution. msnbc.com