InterTrust And DTS Announce Digital RightsManagement Music Alliance

InterTrust Technologies Corporation, the MetaTrust Utilityô and Digital Theater Systems (DTS), one of the worldís leading providers of high quality cinema and home theatre digital audio technology, have announced an alliance to provide digital rights management (DRM) solutions for DTS formatted music distributed over the Internet, on DVD and CD, and other media.""Sophisticated digital rights management and high quality audio have become a gating issue for the music industry,"" said Dr. Marina Bosi, Vice President of Technology at DTS. ""Based upon our comprehensive investigations, we believe that InterTrustís DRM technology uniquely satisfies the needs and requirements of artists, content providers and stakeholders.""Dr. Bosi, who is also President of the Audio Engineering Society (AES), and one of the worldís leading experts in audio compression, is considered one of the principal inventors of MPEG-2 AAC.""With its expertise in high fidelity audio coding and digital audio delivery systems, DTS is an important organization to bring into the MetaTrust family,"" said Victor Shear, Chairman and CEO of InterTrust. ""DTSí strength as a leading brand in digital audio for consumer electronics products, and its central presence in music research and global standardization, is ideally synergistic with InterTrustís leadership in DRM technology and services.""InterTrust and DTS are active participants in the Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) and MPEG. Members from both organizations have also made significant contributions to the different components of the MPEG standard activities.InterTrust Digital Rights ManagementInterTrustís sophisticated DRM system enables music labels, artists and others to deliver content to consumers with persistent protection, super distribution, flexible business rules and content usage opportunities. InterTrustís rules-based, distributed DRM persistently manages and enforces rights of all digital commerce participants, for both online and offline transactions. Through the use of the MetaTrust Utility and its DRM capabilities, these participants benefit from a neutral environment for the automation of digital commerce for all forms of content. MetaTrust Utility partners National Wesminister Bank Plc (NatWest) and Computacenter (UK) Ltd. Are planing to launch digital music pilot programs in summer 1999.InterTrust Technologies CorporationInterTrust has invented, and is shipping, products and services that enable end-to-end digital rights management solutions delivered by MetaTrust Utility core partners. MetaTrust Utility core partners include Mitsubishi Corporation, National Westminster Bank Plc., and Reciprocal. Data center builder partners include Samsung SDS. Application and Integration Builder partners include Computacenter (UK) Ltd., Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc.ís RioPort division, Fraunhofer IIS, Harris Corporation, MusicMatch Inc. and Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC).InterTrust Technologies Corporation, the MetaTrust Utility, provides a unique, interoperable, trusted and secure foundation for electronic commerce. InterTrust software products and services enable the efficient sale, fulfillment and protection of digital content over any digital media, including the Internet, DVD and future commerce appliances. InterTrust technology also serves as a foundation for many other forms of trusted commercial interaction.InterTrustís Strategic Technologies and Architectural Research laboratory (STAR Lab) is the worldís first computer laboratory whose primary focus is electronic commerce and digital rights management. Founded in 1990, InterTurst is a privately held company with a staff of over 130, and has offices in Sunnyvale, California, New York City, Washington, D.C. and the United Kingdom. The companyís Website is www.intertrust.com.For further information, contact Joseph Jennings, InterTrust at 408 222 6201 oremail: jjennings@intertrust.com.Digital Theater SystemsDigital Theater Systems was launched with the release of Universal Picturesí and Amblin Entertainmentís ""Jurassic Park,"" and since then the company has remained a leader in feature film digital audio with over 16,500 installations worldwide. DTS Consumer Products, Inc. (a subsidiary of DTS, Inc.) licenses its technology to hardware and software manufacturers to crate digital surround products for home, automobile and computer applications, that are changing the way consumers experience music recordings, movie soundtracks and video games on compact disc, LaserDisc, DVD and DVD-ROM. DTS is a product of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. of Agoura Hills, California.For more information, visit the DTS Website at www.dtsonline.com.