1394 Trade Association Announces Approval by DTLA of
Additional Localization Specification for A/V Content on Consumer Devices
Meets MPAA and Movie Studio Requirements to Prevent
Unauthorized Copying, Enables IDB-1394 Automotive, Consumer Electronics
Networks
Dallas, July 18, 2007 – The 1394 Trade Association announced today that the
Digital Transmission Licensing Authority (DTLA) has approved a new
‘localization’ specification that assures audio and video content remains
local to the network where the transfer was authenticated.
The DTLA added “localization” requirements to the basic Digital Transmission
Content Protection (DTCP) specification, also known as ‘5C’ copy protection,
to meet the needs of the motion picture studios who were concerned with
potential illegal or unauthorized use of their content. 5C defines a
cryptographic protocol that protects audio and video content from unauthorized
copying or tampering while it traverses high-performance digital networks,
such as 1394. “Localization” is designed to assure that content is not
redistributed to other networks. The additional localization specification
will be used in conjunction with DTCP volumes 1 and 2. Details are available
at www.dtcp.com.
The DTLA was founded by the five companies that developed the 5C digital copy
transmission scheme, Hitachi, Intel, Matsushita, Sony, and Toshiba. It
administers the DTCP, which assures that only legitimate content delivered to
a source device via another approved copy protection system - such as the DVD
Content Scrambling System - will be protected.
“The DTLA’s approval of the localization specification will satisfy the
concerns of the Motion Picture Association and major studios about
unauthorized and illegal copying of protected content,” said James Snider,
executive director of the 1394 Trade Association. “This approval removes the
last barrier to implementation of 1394 in automotive, entertainment and
information networks, and across the full range of applications that take
advantage of 1394’s quality of service and performance.” Snider added that the
Trade Association members, led by Samsung Electronics, worked closely with the
DTLA to ensure that the localization requirements were approved as rapidly as
possible. This development is a significant step towards enabling DVDs and Blu-ray–equipped
products to send DTCP-protected content over 1394.
The 1394 Trade Association is worldwide organization dedicated to the
advancement and enhancement of the IEEE 1394 standard. For more information
please visit www.1394ta.org
Contact:
Dick Davies
415 652 7515
ipra@mindspring.com
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