Technology
and Service Providers Announce Technology Bridge
Between OMA and Marlin DRM Standard
"OMArlin" specification
provides interoperability between open standards
for consumer DRM
Sunnyvale, CA, March
29, 2007 –The Marlin
Developer Community (MDC) today announced a technology
specification called "OMArlin" that bridges
between the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) DRM v.2.0
and the Marlin DRM standards.
The OMArlin specification provides a simple way
to build devices and services, and to package content
so that OMA and Marlin DRM technologies interoperate.
Conformant devices will transparently process content
packaged using the common format, which is fully
OMA and Marlin compatible.
The bridging of these two standards will give service
providers and device manufacturers an expanded set
of open standards-based technologies that they may
use in their consumer offerings. Consumers will benefit
from a uniform experience that frees them from having
to choose between Marlin-based and OMA-based devices.
Consumers using OMA or Marlin devices can seamlessly
enjoy content they obtain from services implementing
OMArlin.
"Bridging Marlin and OMA is very important
as it provides adopters of one standard the opportunity
to leverage the resources and features of the other," said
Emmanuel Attali, Technical Manager for DRM at Orange. "OMArlin
provides a unified, friendly user experience for
consumers using content services and service-enabled
devices."
The OMArlin specification was originally developed
by a group of technology and service providers including
Intertrust, Philips, and CoreMedia with input from
Orange, Vodafone, and the other Marlin founders including
Panasonic (Matsushita Electric), Samsung, and Sony.
"OMA v2.0 and Marlin have always had a natural synergy and this specification
locks down the implementation options in a simple, open and elegant way," said
Gerard Lokhoff, Coordinator of Project OMArlin and Philips MDC representative.
"Marlin's flexible domain management and home
networking features coupled with OMA's strong feature
set and broad adopter base means that the world can
look at both technologies as a powerful single open
platform."
The OMArlin technology delivers a concrete implementation
formula that defines specific ways for this interoperability
to materialize, eliminating ambiguity, and allowing
adopters of either standard to have the assurance
of interoperability. The specification will become
a formal MDC specification and will be an integral
part of ongoing and prospective activities aimed
at consolidating interoperability between the Marlin
and OMA DRM standards.
The OMArlin specification will be shortly available
from the Marlin Developer Community at www.marlin-community.com.
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About Marlin and the Marlin Developer Community
In January 2005, the
five Marlin founders - Intertrust Technologies, Matsushita
Electric (Panasonic), Royal Philips Electronics,
Samsung Electronics, and Sony Corporation - formed
a joint development association to develop Marlin
technology. The
group's goal was to develop the specifications
to a point of maturity, and to create an open developer
community to drive their adoption in the market.
In October 2005, the joint development association
announced the creation of the Marlin Developer
Community, an organization whose goal is to accelerate
the development and commercial deployment of Marlin,
and in May 2006 Marlin's founders released technology
specifications. The MDC invites interested developers
and adopters to participate in the review, testing
and further development of specifications, reference
technologies, tools, technical documentation and
Software Developer Kits (SDKs). For more information
about Marlin, please visit www.marlin-community.com
About Intertrust Technologies Corporation
Intertrust develops and licenses intellectual property
for Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted
computing. The Company holds over 60 U.S. patents
and more than 100 patent applications pending worldwide.
Intertrust's patent portfolio covers software and
hardware techniques that can be implemented in
a broad range of products that use DRM and trusted
computing technologies, including computer operating
systems, digital media platforms, web services,
and enterprise infrastructure. Intertrust has research,
engineering, and IP groups focusing on developing
and monetizing next-generation technologies and
inventions.
Media Contacts
Robin Buckley (703) 533-9805; robin@buckleykaldenbach.com
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