New Superdistribution System Using OMA Digital Rights Management

The superdistribution system using the open standard OMA DRM 2.0 allows users to legally distribute multimedia content. To play back the shared files, users need a license. This license is bought in a web store system either together with the content or separately if the user received the material from another user. The system also allows rewarding users, who legally distributed multimedia content. At Midem and 3GSM World Congress, OMA DRM 2.0 superdistribution will be presented using common cell phones.

The system was designed in close cooperation between Fraunhofer IIS and 4FriendsOnly. Whereas the OMA DRM 2.0 core components were implemented by Fraunhofer IIS, 4FriendsOnly added the shop and superdistribution system.

Founded in 1985 the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS in Erlangen, today with 480 staff members, ranks first among the Fraunhofer Institutes concerning headcount and revenues. With the development of the audio coding method MP3, Fraunhofer IIS has reached worldwide recognition.

The institute provides research services on contract basis and technology licensing. For instance, its research specialties include: Audio and video source coding, multimedia real-time systems, digital radio broadcasting and digital cinema systems, integrated circuits and sensor systems, design automation, wireless, wired and optical networks, localization and navigation, imaging systems and nanofocus X-ray technology, high-speed cameras, medical sensor solutions and communications technology in transport and logistics.

The budget of 58 million Euro is mainly financed by projects from industry, the service sector and public authorities. Less than 20 percent of the budget is subsidized by federal and state funds.

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