DECE gets some new members for its league of extraordinary DRM — still no Apple
VentureBeat —
... The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), a consortium attempting to set new standards for the transfer and storage of copyrighted digital content, announced that six new members signed on board today at CES. Deluxe, Panasonic Corporation, Samsung, MOD Systems, Sonic Solutions/CinemaNow and Widevine Technologies join a roster that already included many of the prominent names in digital content. One name still missing however, is Apple. ...
DECE Progress Is Slow-Going, Despite New Additions
Contentinople: —
The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem LLC (DECE) announced that it added six new consortium members this week, but appears to be behind schedule in producing a framework for digital content that can be purchased and viewed across multiple devices. The consortium, which was first made public in September 2008, brings together participants from a wide range of industries in the hopes of creating a standards-based digital rights framework that would allow consumers to buy a piece of content once and use it across a number of devices, as well as being able to stream it online and burn it to physical ...
Netgear offers a networked hard drive for the masses, with a caveat
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... , the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem, with major tech companies and retailers to settle on formats and procedures that could allow the Netgears of the world to build media servers that support DRM-wrapped Hollywood content. Even the DECE's solution wouldn't enable people to rip the discs they already own, however. And I'm not sure how easy it will be for the DECE to talk consumers into buying a new generation of devices just so they can do a better job of protecting Hollywood's products against unauthorized copying. ...


