CE and DRM Technology Leaders to Create a DRM Toolkit for Consumer Devices

The Marlin JDA specifications will allow CE companies to
build DRM clients for consumer devices that support popular content
distribution modes in the Internet, broadcast, and mobile vertical market
segments. For consumers, Marlin-based devices will mean that they can enjoy
appropriately licensed content on any device they deem convenient, independent
of how they originally obtained that content.
Convergence across consumer Internet, broadcast and mobile devices and
services over the last few years has been constrained because of often
conflicting proprietary DRM technologies and differing standards for each
distribution mode, such as proprietary methods of music distribution to hard
disk music players from the Internet. The Marlin JDA specifications will
allow CE companies to use a single technology toolkit to build DRM functions
into their devices to support commonly used content distribution modes, in a
way that promotes interoperability while maximizing efficiency in the device
architecture.
Marlin JDA specifications will be fully compatible with the outcome of the
previously announced Coral initiative, which is aimed at developing a set of
DRM-agnostic service protocols for interoperability between DRM systems and
standards. Marlin-based devices will be able to interoperate with Coral-
enabled DRM systems even if those systems do not use Marlin DRM components.
The Marlin JDA will also offer a Licensing and Compliance Program and a
Community Source Program to permit adopters to obtain sample code modules and
licenses for the specifications on a reasonable and non-discriminatory basis.
The Marlin JDA plans to release version 1.0 along with the associated
Community Source and Licensing and Compliance program in the summer 2005 time
frame.

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