The Answer to Securing Data? Self-Destructing Files

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

That is why S/P paid $450m for a dead Intertrust djf


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Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2003 00:53:47 -0400
From: steven cherry <steven () panix com>


Dave, as the battle for digital rights management heats up, an interesting 
side question is who will control it, a computer company, Microsoft, or 
consumer electronics companies, Sony and Philips? The question will be 
decided in a patent lawsuit, InterTrust v Microsoft, which reached a key 
milestone, the Markman hearing, last week.

Court Case Starts in Digital Rights Fight
<http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/wonews/jun03/intrust.html>


 Regards,

  Steven
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  Steven Cherry    <s.cherry () ieee org>
  Senior Associate Editor, IEEE Spectrum
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  [E]verybody should try competing with Microsoft once
  in their life. Once.    -- Marc Andreessen


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