Speaking at arecent Digital Rights Management Conference, the Motion Picture Association of America’s Chairman, Dan Glickman (pictured) said that MPAA is "committed to delivering entertainment to consumers whenever and wherever they want, in flexible ways, on their preferred platforms and devices."

However, Glickman said that the industry remained committed to the use of digital rights management and that the "Managed Copy" option is the goal. This should be applied to both HD DVD and Blu-Ray disc formats, as well as in online downloads and streams, according to Glickman.

"We wholeheartedly support allowing consumers to make authorized copies of the content they purchase," Glickman said. "Consumers should be able to enjoy authorized DVD content on their home networks ‘on portable devices’ at their convenience. Next, we fully and wholly embrace interoperability. We believe that consumers who come by their content legally should be able to enjoy it on any device."

Managed Copy is included in the AACS specifications for high-def formats and it would offer consumers the ability to move content from disc to PCs and portable devices, while it does not enable copying. But the feature has not yet been implemented by the HD formats. This is expected to change by the end of the year, according to Glickman. "We expect to be able to make this happen for HD DVDs hopefully this year," he said. (Source: CDA news report)

Story filed 30.04.07