[IP] RIAA wants your fingerprints

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

The aricle commented on is:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/biometric_drm/

Begin forwarded message:

From: "Gary E. Brant" <gb@VERITOUCH.COM>
Date: August 8, 2004 9:14:04 AM EDT
To: BIOMETRICS@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM
Subject: Re: RIAA wants your fingerprints
Reply-To: The Biometric Consortium's Discussion List              
<BIOMETRICS@PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM>

 Dear Bill,

 As the inventor of the iVue Personal Media Player, and the developer 
of its larger encrypted
 media delivery network, I think it is important to advise you and 
other members of the BC that
 The Register's article was inaccurate in its reporting and a classic 
case of "tabloid journalism".

 To begin with, the RIAA doesn't want your fingerprints!

 This organization's charter, in part, is to halt piracy of music 
recordings.

 VeriTouch's iVue encrypted media player is the first HW device in the 
world to offer a solution to this world-wide problem.

 By comparison, Apple Computer's well-known IPOD and every other 
portable music and video player
 on the market do precious little to prevent extraction of content from 
these devices, and posting
 of these files on P2P networks like KaZaA.

 Without going into specific details, the iVue ensures that downloaded 
media content, including
 video games, plain text, images, application SW, electronic books, 
video and audio files may only be decrypted by the authorized customer 
via a localized fingerprint scan.  

 The procedure involved is no different than "pushing a button", which 
every consumer has done countless
 times with a variety of audio/video equipment.

 The fingerprint data of the customer is NOT given to the RIAA or to 
any other party, it remains encased
 securely inside the player!

 VeriTouch has spent almost three years to perfect a secure media 
content delivery system, of which the iVue player is a module.  The 
system has been designed to protect the identity and privacy of 
customers
 from every aspect.

 That is why we take issue strongly with The Register in publishing a 
story about our solution that is so very far from the facts.

 A more recent report which is more accurate was just published in PC 
Magazine, August 17th, 2004 edition now on the newstands.

 Interested members may read it online at:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1624914,00.asp

 I'll be glad to answer any questions from members as they wish about 
the iVue and related matters.

 Kindest regards,

 Gary E. Brant, CEO
 VeriTouch Ltd. - New York
 Mobile: 917-378-2525



 --On Sunday, August 08, 2004 1:33 AM -0400 William Lawson 
<williamjlawson@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:

 > Hello BCers's
 >
 > I was curious to know what the members thought about this article 
and its
 > concepts.
 >
 > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/06/04/biometric_drm/
 >
 > I am interested to hear all views, whether those views are for or 
against.
 >
 > For example:
 > What surprised you the most?
 > What seems most convincing?
 > What seems least convincing?
 > How does compare to other things that you have read?
 > What are the potential outcomes?
 >
 > If you feel that posting your views via the list might cause too much
 > controversy, then please email be directly at 
WilliamJLawson@hotmail.com
 >
 >
 > Sincerely,
 > Bill
 > ---------------------------------------------------
 > Dr. William J. Lawson, Ph.D.
 > Advisory Board Member,
 > Biometric Technologies, ICDRI
 > ICDRI Email: DocBill@icdri.org
 > Tel: 813-741-3418
 > ---------------------------------------------------
 >
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 Gary E. Brant, CEO
 VeriTouch Ltd. - New York
 Mobile: 917-378-2525


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