Copy Protection System for Digital Home Networks

1. TM SmartRight Copy Protection System forDigital Home Networks CPTWG – May 24, 2001

2. Purpose of the presentation • First introduction of the SmartRight system • Presentation of the SmartRight system’s • philosophy / principles • characteristics • Further technical and business information to be given individually, under NDA

3. Why SmartRight ? A Smart system which: • Enforces the rights of digital content providers and distributors • Enables new business models for the benefit of content providers, content distributors and consumers • Addresses the practice of private use for the consumer

4. Clearing House Digital Rights Management Content Viewer Without a home network Broadcast Broadband Clearing House Conditional Access Content Viewer

5. With a home network Broadcast Broadband Clearing House Clearing House Conditional Access Digital RightsManagement Smart Right Copy Protection Content Viewer Content Viewer Content Viewer

6. The SmartRight vision SmartRight

7. SmartRight protected content Privately protected Content SmartRight architecture

8. SmartRight CP modes Three modes of copy protection • Copy freely • View only • A copy cannot be read • Similar to never-copy • Secure Viewing Environment • Copy for my network • Viewable only within its Personal Private Network

9. Personal Private Network • Set of devices whose cards share a common secret • Not limited to a given location • Support of mobile devices • No continuous connection required • Defines the boundaries of “copy for your network” • At any time, a SmartRight device belongs to one Personal Private Network • Personal Private Networks cannot interoperate

10. Main Home Neighbor’s Home Summer Home Personal Private NetworkImplementing private use practice

11. SmartRight principles • Lessons learned from Conditional Access • Content must remain encrypted until rendered • Content security must be fully renewable • Dedicated to protection of digital home networks • Interoperates with any Conditional Access system • Interoperates with any Digital Rights Management system • Compatible with any bi-directional digital bus • Does not require a return channel to a back office • Global system deployable in any region of the world

12. SmartRight characteristics • Protects • Broadcast content • Streamed, or downloaded content • Prerecorded content • Free-to-air content • Imports from and exports to other CP systems • DTCP, CPRM, CPPM, DVI-HDCP, watermarking, … • Under control of content providers and broadcasters • Business model neutral • User friendly • Minimal card handling

13. Highlights • End to end protection • Content never descrambled within personal private network • Personal Private Network • Permits private use through “copy for your network” • Secure Viewing Environment • True renewability • No obsolete instruments in case of piracy • Business model neutral • Compatible with other CP systems

14. Next steps • SmartRight is an open initiative proposed to any interested party • A SmartRight Association will be created to deal with system management • A SmartRight Licensing Administration will be created to deal with essential IP management • Further details will be given at the next CPTWG

15. SmartRight planning • CPTWG - July • More technical details • More information on SmartRight Association and Licensing Administration • End 2001 • SmartRight prototype

16. Contact names • Al BAKER (bakera@tce.com) • Eric DIEHL (diehle@thmulti.com) • Solen JABOULET (jaboulets@thmulti.com) • Olivier LAFAYE (lafayeo@thmulti.com)

17. Thank you for your attention This document is for background informational purposes only. Some points may, for example, be simplified. No guarantees, implied or otherwise, are intended