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To: chris431 who wrote (4656)	5/25/1999 8:20:00 AM
From: Kerry Sakolsky	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 18366

Chris, Walter asked Wexler if EDIG would make his short list. What does that tell you? Kerry

To: chris431 who wrote (4656)	5/25/1999 12:01:00 PM
From: Walter Morton	Respond to of 18366

"If I recall, I mentioned WM [Watermarkiing]wouldn't be used nearterm for portable music players..." -----Original Message----- From: Michael Robb <robb@cognicity.com> Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999 9:57 AM Subject: RE: AudioKey > >Walter, thank you for the background. In regards to "Watermarking is too >big a processing load [for a DSP], and not easy to do"... Moore's Law tells >us that this issue or concern will become a non-issue on the next twist of >the knob. If I recall, I mentioned WM wouldn't be used nearterm for >portable >music players... but the next generation, when the price performance has >been improved and the code skinned down, it will be used at this point. >Watermarking is the ONLY PERSISTENT security or content control that >becomes part of the content, the actual signal. All others using encryption >can either beat the encryption or easy, when it is rendered and sent to the >speakers, you capture it at that time. Until speakers handle decryption, >you'll always have this issue. If you want to know more about Lucent's >work with Cognicity and portable music players, check out e.Digital. By >the way, embedding can be used with online music in more than just >access restriction... the transactional watermark that provides the audit >trail of who sold is also crucial. > >I hope this helps. Michael... > > >-----Original Message----- > >Sent: Monday, May 24, 1999 9:55 PM >To: robb@cognicity.com >Subject: Re: AudioKey > >I am an investor. This statement was made in >an article recently" > >"Some consumer OEMs and chip companies argue that authentication and >encryption could be easily handled on a DSP in a cost-effective portable >device. But not watermarking. "Watermarking is too big a processing load >[for a DSP], and not easy to do," TI's Johnson said." > >http://www.techweb.com/se/directlink.cgi?EET19990503S0003 > >Is that statement in conflict with your statement below: > >"...if at the device level, then our extract would need to be moved down to >a DSP chip (which has been determined)." > >You mentioned that Lucent is using AudioKey. Is Lucent using AudioKey in >the DSP chip? > >Thank you, > >Walter Morton >