Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Royal Philips Electronics, Samsung Electronics Co and Sony Corp have joined forces to form the Marlin Joint Development Association with the aim to “develop a standard that will let manufacturers build devices that can share copy-protected material. The companies hope to replace the current assortment of electronic locks that allow digital content to be used only on a single manufacturer’s devices.” I think it’s safe to assume the group will be ensuring the use of the patents held by the MPEG LA cooperative, since the two groups have similar membership. This is not to be confused with the Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP), which consists of other companies who are also pushing for open standards in PDAs and handsets to increase interoperability. The second group appears to focus on the operating system rather than the DRM system, so hopefully the two groups will work together rather than fighting…
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