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Computer Business Review: Sun Says DRM Backing Will Come

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 24, 2005

“The company on Monday launched OMC, an open source initiative
into which it released DReaM, the basis of a digital rights
management architecture Sun hopes will drive interoperability and
prevent a few DRM firms putting a ‘tollgate’ on the internet.

“But no other DRM or media firm publicly backed the move, which
left some competitors puzzled. Glenn Edens, director of Sun Labs,
told ComputerWire it’s more of a ‘community’ along the lines of an
open-source project, rather than an alliance…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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