On Fri, Dec 22, 2000 at 10:42:15AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> It's also innaresting to note that there's these hints in InterTrust's S-1/A
> filed way back in 1999-09-28 (note especially the second two)..
>
> . providers of secure digital distribution technology like AT&T, IBM,
> Microsoft, Liquid Audio, Preview Systems, and Xerox;
>
> . providers of hardware-based content metering and copy protection systems,
> including Sony, Wave Systems, and the 4C Entity, comprised of IBM, Intel,
> Matsushita, and Toshiba; and
>
> . operating system manufacturers, including Microsoft or Sun Microsystems,
> that may develop or license digital rights management solutions for
> inclusion in their operating systems.
>
> http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1089717/0001012870-99-003407.txt
>
> I wonder whether (read: suspect) the last one is referring to the Trusted
> Computing Platform Alliance (http://www.trustedpc.org/).
If they wern't involved in TCPA before, they are now- they just announced
a deal with Wave Systems, who is a founder of TCPA.
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001219/ma_wave_sy.htm
This hard drive thing sounds a lot more like 4C than TCPA though.
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Eric Murray Consulting Security Architect SecureDesign LLC
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