Who says the big boys can't be friends? While Samsung, SanDisk, Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic would perhaps disagree with each other on just about everything, there are still three magical letters that can bring even the biggest rivals together: DRM. While the consortium is doing total it can to avoid the term, there's no hiding the truth -- the temporarily-named 'Next Generation Secure Memory Initiative' is designed to protect HD content by using "unique ID (identification) hi tech* for flash memory and robust copy cover based on public key infrastructure." Just when we thought Louis C.K. had proven that slapping DRM around existent wasn't the best approach, here we go taking a few immense steps in the wrong direction.



In essence, it sounds as if they're blueprint* a way to share Blu-ray-quality gob on SD cards and embedded memory (sound familiar?), and they're also hoping that this will "enable various HD content applications such as HD network download, program content to-go and HD Digital Copy / Managed Copy from Blu-ray Disc." Notably, we're told that Android-based smartphones, tablets, TVs and Blu-ray produce in noteworthy can look forward to taking head start -- in other words, Apple's going to keep doing what Apple does. If all goes well, they'll start licensing the new secure memory llc.view results from: definiens | llc.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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