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Open Mobile Alliance releases version 2.0 of its Digital Rights Management Enabler for the protection of premium content
February 2, 2004
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- In an ongoing effort to accelerate the wireless industry's adoption of rich and accessible mobile services, the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA), an industry organization delivering specifications for interoperable mobile service enablers across the world, today announced the release of the OMA DRM 2.0 Enabler Release, designed to protect high-value content produced and distributed by a wide range of content and service providers.
Digital Rights Management (DRM) protects data from unauthorized access and copying. The OMA DRM 2.0 Enabler Release enables the protection of premium content such as music tracks, video clips, and games with enhanced security and improved support to preview and share content, among other new features.
"OMA is helping the entertainment and media industries deliver premium content to millions of mobile consumers in a trustworthy and secure way," said Willms Buhse, vice chair of OMA's DRM Working Group. "Our upgraded enabler release reinforces the high priority of DRM within OMA, and underscores the importance of content and copyright protection when using mobile devices. As trust and security improves, the industry will benefit from significant revenue enhancement opportunities through offering rich content through pervasive mobile access."
For handsets and other mobile devices, the enhanced OMA DRM 2.0 Enabler Release represents the next step in pervasive mobile access. While the OMA DRM 1.0 Enabler Release, issued in November 2002, provides the basic protection functions for limited value content, OMA DRM 2.0 with its added trust and security illustrates how OMA has enhanced the functionality of the specification to address the needs and principal concerns of content providers.
The new enabler release takes advantage of expanded device capabilities and offers improved support for audio/video rendering, streaming content and access to protected content using multiple devices, thus enabling new business models.
Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)
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