DigMedia Releases dBoxer Digital Rights Management Content Packaging Tool.Business Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 11, 2001 DigMedia Inc., a Vertical Service Provider (VSP VSP - Very Simple Prolog+. ) to media companies and content providers, today announced the release of dBoxer, a Web-based Digital Rights Management (DRM (1) (Digital Radio Mondiale) A digital audio broadcasting (DAB) system for AM radio in Europe. See HD Radio. (2) (Digital Rights M ) content packaging tool. dBoxer is a user-friendly extensible batch packager that gives content owners the means to assign a wide variety of DRM rules to their audio and video content to ensure their copyrights are secure. dBoxer works in conjunction with other DigMedia content management tools such as dSiteBuilder, dSCenario and dLocker. It is the first DRM content packager to feature an extensible architecture that seamlessly integrates with e-Business applications, DRM solutions and various compression formats and media players. dBoxer also collects valuable user metrics including usage patterns and transaction information. DigMedia's dBoxer incorporates DRM technology from InterTrust Technologies InterTrust Technologies Corporation was founded by Victor Shear in 1990 to develop and market technologies for digital rights management (DRM). Its initial public offering (IPO) was in November 1999. It was purchased by Sony and Philips in November 2002. Corp. (Nasdaq:ITRU), the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. With dBoxer, audio or video content can be distributed in a variety of formats and delivery methods. Content can be downloaded or streamed, in WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. , MP3, Real or any other format encoded with a variety of DRM business rules, such as pay-for-play or subscription. "dBoxer is among the very first true `agnostic' digital rights management systems for content owners," added Pedro Vargas, chief technical officer of DigMedia Inc. "We have worked with InterTrust to ensure every popular audio and video file format and Web-based playback technology will seamlessly encode (1) To assign a code to represent data, such as a parts code. Contrast with decode. (2) To convert from one format or signal to another. See codec and D/A converter. (3) The term is sometimes erroneously used for "encrypt. and decode (1) To convert coded data back into its original form. Contrast with encode. (2) Same as decrypt. See cryptography. (cryptography) decode - To apply decryption. dBoxer's Digital Rights Management rules," said Vargas. "DigMedia Inc. has a powerful suite of content application software products and consumer devices, making them uniquely positioned to deliver digital content globally," said Talal Shamoon, senior vice president of Media, InterTrust Technologies. "dBoxer is a powerful and creative application of InterTrust's technology. We are excited about being a key component to DigMedia's digital distribution platform and VSP services." About InterTrust Technologies Corp. InterTrust Technologies Corp. is the leading developer of peer-to-peer, distributed digital rights management (DRM) technology. Its general-purpose DRM trust platform serves as a foundation for trusted peer-to-peer and client server e-commerce. InterTrust holds numerous patents in the area of trusted systems technology and peer-to-peer rights management, and licenses its technology and patents in the form of software or hardware and tools to partners. These partners provide digital commerce services and applications that together form the MetaTrust Utility(TM), an interoperable global commerce system. InterTrust serves as the commercial administrator of the MetaTrust Utility, ensuring the neutrality, security, commercial reliability, and trusted interoperability of devices, services and applications. About DigMedia Inc. DigMedia Inc. is an end-to-end, digital media distribution company and manufacturer of Internet audio See RealAudio. appliances providing secure streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. , hosting and e-Business services to record labels and other music content providers. DigMedia's strategic allies include Intel (Web hosting Making a Web site available on the Internet. Many ISPs host a few personal Web pages for an individual at no additional cost above the monthly service fee, but the address is subordinate to the ISP; for example, www.friendlyisp.com/pat_smith. , streaming media), InterTrust (Digital Rights Management), and Loudeye (Digital Media Encoding See encode. ). DigMedia Inc. is based in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Calif. with offices in Edinburgh, Scotland. For more information about DigMedia Inc., visit the company's Web site at http://www.digmedia.cc. The statements contained in this release that are not purely historical are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. 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. DigiBox, the InterTrust logo, MetaTrust, and The MetaTrust Utility are registered trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corp., and TrustChip, RightsChip, InterRights Point, MetaTrust-Certified, Rights/PD and Rights/System are trademarks of InterTrust Technologies Corp., 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. |
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