DECE seeks to make the purchase of digital property similar to owning a DVD, in that you can use it on any machine you like and take it with you wherever you go. We get information regarding the planned system from the binary caves of Yahoo:
If DECE takes hold, it would institute several precedent-setting principles:
— Participating devices and services will be interoperable regardless of differing brands or corporate provenance. A TV episode, for instance, could be just as easily accessed on Microsoft’s Zune as it would a Philips broadband-enabled TV set.
— DECE would allow an unlimited number of copies of a video to be created or burned onto a disc.
— The consumer would even have the option of not storing the copy at all, but rather streaming it from a server-based “rights locker” that can be tapped from any location.
— DECE would create open standards whereby any company that chose to create contents or services can do so to available specifications.
Well this is exactly what I was hoping for, DECE sets the stage for the future of all paid downloads. You can now use your data copy on your equipped TV, portable device, stand alone player, yadda, yadda, yadda.
What I like most about this news is the “rights locker” that would allow you to access your files on the road, or in the case of a computer disaster, download anew. For me, the lack of a hard copy was the only downside to downloading media. With a rights locker, I have nothing but praises to sing. To me this signals an era free of clutter and an evaporation of needless, space wasting cases. I know many like to have their libraries on display, but for myself – I would much prefer the lack of things to lose.
This format will be going head to head with Apple In time however, I certainly wouldn’t be surprised if we see them join the fold and standardize with DECE.
For the full story and a more detailed description of things to come, please check out the source article.
