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The Subcommittee will examine TSA's implementation and progress of
Registered Traveler, and determine what adjustments may be necessary to
optimize and expand the program to additional U.----When the US
Congressional Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet and Intellectual
property invited testimony from four industry experts this week, they
were considering nothing less than the future of digital rights
management in the United States.

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Consider the iTunes/iPod example.

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At issue are proprietary versus "open" digital rights management
(DRM) technologies, and whether governments should get involved.

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"Apple were the first to offer such
a service and the content industry didn't care if their DRM was
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Apple gambled on a pay-per-song
downloadable music model, wrapping the music files in a proprietary
DRM format called FairPlay.7 billion handset users out there, so you need to
have some open standard to make it easy for content owners to forge
relationships with service providers, equipment vendors and IC
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, Thursday, June 9, 2005

WHERE: 2325 Rayburn House Office Building

WITNESSES

Mr. The
program is currently piloted at five large U.

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Principal, Mehlman Vogel Castagnetti, Inc . commercial airports."
ABI Research has published a study, Conditional Access + Digital
Rights Management, which offers comprehensive data on the penetration
of emerging conditional access and digital rights management
technologies.

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Jim Harper
Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute

BACKGROUND

The Transportation Security Administration is developing a Registered
Traveler program to accelerate airport security screening for those passengers
who are willing to undergo background investigations and biometric screening.S.Y. Apple now enjoys at least 80% market share
in this space."
But he adds that open standards and licensing fees are a much
bigger issue in mobile communications than in the portable industry.

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"We're at a very interesting crossroads right now," says Vamsi Sistla,
ABI Research's director of residential entertainment technologies .
"Congress and industry leaders are having a healthy debate about the
future course of action . But DRM becomes critical once video, and sharing between
STBs and portable devices, become a reality . Their market
research products can be found on the Web at www.

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Advocates say that open DRM standards would help the portable
industry.

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WASHINGTON, The following is being issued by House
Committee on Homeland Security:

WHEN: 11:00 a. commercial airports in
partnership with the airline industry.624.

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Director of Security, Greater Orlando Airport Authority
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Robert Isom
Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Northwest Airlines, Inc.

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OYSTER BAY, N. Most industry leaders are adopting a "government hands off"
attitude, but Sistla feels that other attempts at proprietary DRM
schemes probably wouldn't succeed.

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When fully implemented , Registered Traveler will improve overall security,
while reducing checkpoint wait times, by allowing TSA to focus its resources
on passengers that should be subjected to more extensive screening.

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If proprietary standards remain, the industry will
suffer from the added expense.

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Stewart Verdery, Jr .

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William Connors
Executive Director, National Business Travel Association

Mr." Video's arrival in the
handset is covered in a new ABI Research study, "Mobile Broadcast
Video."
Founded in 1990 and headquartered in New York, ABI Research
maintains global operations that support annual research programs,
quarterly intelligence services and market reports in wireless,
automotive, semiconductors, broadband, and energy.

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