SAN DIEGO -- SAN DIEGO, March 18 /PRNewswire/ -- EmpireDRM, a leading provider of Microsoft Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) solutions that enable the protection and control of digital media for enterprise and entertainment customers, has entered into an agreement with Philips Medical Systems to provide an additional layer of security for its internally shared product, training, and other informational videos. This internally shared information must be protected from unauthorized copy and distribution, and EmpireDRM offered a viable solution to meet that challenge.
Philips Medical Systems recently launched a program to distribute timely educational information to its internal employees via DVD or online via the Internet. This material is an essential part of Philips continuing educational efforts to keep its employees current on all new medical product and service offerings. The challenge is not only to protect today's intellectual content, but also to make provisions for securing future online or digitized distance learning and e-commerce programs. Philips Medical Systems is a global leader in the sharing of digital medical information for a more accurate diagnosis and treatment of illness.
EmpireDRM's modular software platform called Dominion(TM) offers a complete solution to help prevent the rampant piracy of content and provides a realistic billing solution that captures both user information and secure revenue. This modular software can quickly adapt to customer environments, integrate with multiple credit card processors, and offers an easy plug-in to existing content delivery or hosting providers' infrastructures. In addition, using Windows Media DRM, Dominion(TM) locks the digital audio and video content and limits access to those users who have acquired a proper license to play the content whether they get the license from a successful completion of a marketing form or a credit card enabled buy page.
"I needed a reliable solution to ensure an adequate level of access protection for our current and future Windows Media files, as well as to create specific user rules for digital video files," said Steve Cahill, TV Director for Philips Medical Systems headquarters Patient Monitoring division, in Andover, Mass. "EmpireDRM's Dominion(TM) solution allows Philips to protect each file for distribution and creates the flexibility to move that file to CD, DVD, or stream it on the Internet. Within 24 hours of contacting EmpireDRM, we had our first video file protected with Windows Media DRM."
"This is a great example of the growing importance of digital rights management for securing media for corporate communications and training," said Jonathan Usher, director of the Windows Digital Media Division at Microsoft. "Windows Media 9 Series combined with EmpireDRM offers Philips and other companies peace of mind."
"Steve Cahill and Philips are visionaries in the sense that they recognize the tremendous potential of digitized content as a reliable and immediate educational tool," said John Couvrette, CEO of EmpireDRM. "We are currently working with numerous enterprise and entertainment customers to protect internal and external shared content for the purpose of education, sales, and market positioning. We look forward to supporting Philips with all of its Microsoft-based digital rights management needs."
About EmpireDRM
EmpireDRM is a leading provider of Digital Rights Management Solutions via Dominion(TM), a suite of tools designed to offer content creators a broader range of options to monetize and deliver their digital media assets. EmpireDRM allows control over content access, tracks user habits, and reduces the threat of theft and misuse. EmpireDRM's modular software can quickly adapt to customer environments, integrate with multiple credit card processors, and offers an easy plug-in to existing content delivery or hosting providers' infrastructures and will soon have the ability to provide DocumentDRM for any Microsoft Office document in the enterprise. EmpireDRM is based out of San Diego, CA. http://www.empiredrm.com/ .
About Philips Medical Systems
Philips Medical Systems delivers one of the world's most robust portfolios of medical systems for faster and more accurate diagnosis and treatment. Philips Medical Systems is firmly established as the global leader in most of its markets. Philips' product line includes best-in-class technologies in X-ray, ultrasound, magnetic resonance, computed tomography, nuclear medicine, PET, radiation oncology systems, patient monitoring, information management and resuscitation products, as well as a range of services which include asset management, training and education, business consultancy, financial services and e-care business services. http://www.philips.com/ .
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For further information, please contact: Phil Bode of Integrated Communications Strategies (ICS), +1-512-461-6115, pwbode@centex.net, for EmpireDRM.
CONTACT: Phil Bode of Integrated Communications Strategies (ICS), +1-512-461-6115, pwbode@centex.net, for EmpireDRM
Web site: http://www.philips.com/
Web site: http://www.empiredrm.com/
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