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11 Dec 2003, 7:10am
A new standards group, front lined by Microsoft and Universal Music Group, is in the process of creating a technology that members hope will let music, movies and other content become more efficiently and legal distributed online.
The Content Reference Forum is hoping to create a kind of intelligent file that can be distributed through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, Web pages, e-mail or almost anywhere else online.
Instead of containing a song or movie itself, the file would set up a process that automatically delivers files in the right format and potentially triggers an automatic payment system that could be changed moment to moment by the content distributor.
"This would essentially say, if you have the rights to this piece of content, we don't care what kind of device you're using," said Albhy Galuten, chairman of the new group and former senior vice president for advanced technology at Universal Music. "It would say, tell me the device, and we'll send you the correct file."
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The Content Reference Forum is hoping to create a kind of intelligent file that can be distributed through file-sharing networks like Kazaa, Web pages, e-mail or almost anywhere else online.
Instead of containing a song or movie itself, the file would set up a process that automatically delivers files in the right format and potentially triggers an automatic payment system that could be changed moment to moment by the content distributor.
"This would essentially say, if you have the rights to this piece of content, we don't care what kind of device you're using," said Albhy Galuten, chairman of the new group and former senior vice president for advanced technology at Universal Music. "It would say, tell me the device, and we'll send you the correct file."
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