Comments for THE DRM BLOG By Christopher Levy http://www.thedrmblog.com ALL THINGS DRM | A Discussion About Digital Rights Management Technologies | Commercial Use Of DRM Mon, 06 Sep 2010 06:49:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 Comment on Widevine makes big announcement….. or did they? by streamOG http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-304 streamOG Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:49:45 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-304 Glen, When I said I don't have your number I meant I didn't keep it. After we met with your CEO and he blew us off entirely, I hit delete. Regards, Christopher Glen,

When I said I don’t have your number I meant I didn’t keep it. After we met with your CEO and he blew us off entirely, I hit delete.

Regards,

Christopher

]]> Comment on Widevine makes big announcement….. or did they? by Glenn Morten http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-28 Glenn Morten Sat, 25 Jul 2009 16:25:09 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-28 Chris, Just call the main number (206) 254-3000 and you can get to me through reception or the auto directory. You should have my biz card with my direct and mobile I thought I gave you one at NAB in the Microsoft booth when I was demoing our Silverlight solution. It is highly possible there was a glitch. We have two data centers that host our web site. If the propagation process is down it is possible that for one period of time the website you connected to housed the older copy. Anyway it is real and only the first of news you will here about Widevine on the iPhone. Cheers, Glenn Chris,

Just call the main number (206) 254-3000 and you can get to me through reception or the auto directory.

You should have my biz card with my direct and mobile I thought I gave you one at NAB in the Microsoft booth when I was demoing our Silverlight solution.

It is highly possible there was a glitch. We have two data centers that host our web site. If the propagation process is down it is possible that for one period of time the website you connected to housed the older copy.

Anyway it is real and only the first of news you will here about Widevine on the iPhone.

Cheers,

Glenn

]]> Comment on Widevine makes big announcement….. or did they? by streamOG http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-27 streamOG Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:02:55 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-27 Glenn, Please check the updates on the posting. There was a period of several hours where the release was not on your site and the links in the release did not work. Obviously that changed. I don't have your number. Regards, Christopher Glenn,

Please check the updates on the posting. There was a period of several hours where the release was not on your site and the links in the release did not work. Obviously that changed.

I don’t have your number.

Regards,

Christopher

]]> Comment on Widevine makes big announcement….. or did they? by Glenn Morten http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-26 Glenn Morten Fri, 24 Jul 2009 14:01:06 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=101#comment-26 Hello Chris, The news is real. It is on our website. It never came down. I am glad to answer your questions. I believe you have my number. Glenn Glenn Morten Widevine CTO Hello Chris,

The news is real. It is on our website. It never came down.

I am glad to answer your questions. I believe you have my number.

Glenn

Glenn Morten
Widevine CTO

]]> Comment on secret software from foreign corporations | [That’s How The EFF Decribes DRM In Rant Against ABC.AU] by Matt http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=28#comment-13 Matt Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:25:13 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=28#comment-13 I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next person... because I work with these pieces of "secret software" does it mean I should have my own secret lair under a volcano somewhere in the Pacific? Where's the requisition form for that? Meantime, I guess we'll all have to put up with form-letter rants from the open source guys just so we can continue to provide content to the other 98% of our audiences... I like a conspiracy theory as much as the next person… because I work with these pieces of “secret software” does it mean I should have my own secret lair under a volcano somewhere in the Pacific? Where’s the requisition form for that?

Meantime, I guess we’ll all have to put up with form-letter rants from the open source guys just so we can continue to provide content to the other 98% of our audiences…

]]> Comment on The Big Bust: Watermarking and Fingerprinting for Digital Media by John Weston Stories, Information, and random thoughts. http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=22#comment-12 John Weston Stories, Information, and random thoughts. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:16:40 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=22#comment-12 <strong>Digital Rights Management and Digital Media MVP...</strong>   I met Christopher Levy from www.buydrm.com the other day. He has been a Microsoft MVP for 4 years... Digital Rights Management and Digital Media MVP…

  I met Christopher Levy from www.buydrm.com the other day. He has been a Microsoft MVP for 4 years…

]]> Comment on Peter Gabriel Wishes He Had Used DRM On His Music Offering by Kirk http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=14#comment-9 Kirk Fri, 09 May 2008 00:50:25 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=14#comment-9 Actually, I haven't read any other reports of this theft that mentioned anything about DRM. Is there a better link with more information? This was clearly hardware theft. If someone is out to steal Peter Gabriel music there are easier ways to do that. Actually, I haven’t read any other reports of this theft that mentioned anything about DRM. Is there a better link with more information?

This was clearly hardware theft. If someone is out to steal Peter Gabriel music there are easier ways to do that.

]]> Comment on Another Company Claims Patent On Fundamental DRM Concept by Chip Venters http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=10#comment-8 Chip Venters Tue, 25 Mar 2008 20:09:28 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=10#comment-8 Patent trolls, as the name has evolved, usually refers to companies that accumulate patents for the purpose of pursuing litigation...that being their only business model. In most cases, these companies had nothing to do with the invention itself. In the case of Digital Reg of Texas, the owners are part of the original team that invented the technologies back in 1998. Their company won "Best New Company" at InternetWorld 1998 and was one of the very first to sell music and books on the Internet, on themusicrack.com, and the bookrack.com. Although this suit is based on just one patent, the parent of Digital Reg, DRM Technologies, Inc. and its operating corporation, DigitalContainers, Inc. has a portfolio of granted patents that cover a range of technologies that allow for content to be downloaded directly from search results and online advertising, and then be passed around, with perpetual rights management and monetization. As a pioneering company in DRM, and with the patents and awards to prove it, we do not believe we are in the patent troll category. As to why we are not including Intertrust in the action, it is because in the late 90's we and Intertrust were among the only companies developing DRM technologies, and we were very aware of each other. Our way of doing it was highly differentiated from their's, and our patents cite their work extensively. The patent office agreed that there was no overlap between Intertrust and us. Patent trolls, as the name has evolved, usually refers to companies that accumulate patents for the purpose of pursuing litigation…that being their only business model. In most cases, these companies had nothing to do with the invention itself. In the case of Digital Reg of Texas, the owners are part of the original team that invented the technologies back in 1998. Their company won “Best New Company” at InternetWorld 1998 and was one of the very first to sell music and books on the Internet, on themusicrack.com, and the bookrack.com. Although this suit is based on just one patent, the parent of Digital Reg, DRM Technologies, Inc. and its operating corporation, DigitalContainers, Inc. has a portfolio of granted patents that cover a range of technologies that allow for content to be downloaded directly from search results and online advertising, and then be passed around, with perpetual rights management and monetization. As a pioneering company in DRM, and with the patents and awards to prove it, we do not believe we are in the patent troll category. As to why we are not including Intertrust in the action, it is because in the late 90’s we and Intertrust were among the only companies developing DRM technologies, and we were very aware of each other. Our way of doing it was highly differentiated from their’s, and our patents cite their work extensively. The patent office agreed that there was no overlap between Intertrust and us.

]]> Comment on The NBA Download Store launches using Windows Media DRM by streamOG http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=4#comment-3 streamOG Thu, 10 May 2007 16:25:12 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=4#comment-3 In this case since we are talking about a limited time period event, the NBA Finals, I think this download to own model is very appropriate. Per game they will net close to $2.00 after servicing their processing fees, DRM and CDN. For a regular season this would do well as a standard subscription and I predict the NBA will do just that next year. They also offer the full series and your favorite series which would appear to be a great deal. They might want to consider offering this as a streaming product as well for people that don't like the 3 seat limitation. In this case since we are talking about a limited time period event, the NBA Finals, I think this download to own model is very appropriate. Per game they will net close to $2.00 after servicing their processing fees, DRM and CDN.

For a regular season this would do well as a standard subscription and I predict the NBA will do just that next year.

They also offer the full series and your favorite series which would appear to be a great deal.

They might want to consider offering this as a streaming product as well for people that don’t like the 3 seat limitation.

]]> Comment on The NBA Download Store launches using Windows Media DRM by Chris Schuh http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=4#comment-2 Chris Schuh Thu, 10 May 2007 07:04:46 +0000 http://www.thedrmblog.com/?p=4#comment-2 Do you feel that the customer base prefers the "pay-per-view" model over other options in this situation? What other types of business cases seem to work well in this format and how does that affect the price to the end consumer? Cheers, Chris Do you feel that the customer base prefers the “pay-per-view” model over other options in this situation? What other types of business cases seem to work well in this format and how does that affect the price to the end consumer?

Cheers,

Chris

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