IBM's New Software Strengthens Digital Data Encryption Control

IBM has unveiled new software that lets companies use encryption to control the online distribution of any digital data including music, text and video. The software maker wants companies to be able to sell copyrighted data files while preventing wholesale copying and distribution by users.. . . IBM has unveiled new software that lets companies use encryption to control the online distribution of any digital data including music, text and video. The software maker wants companies to be able to sell copyrighted data files while preventing wholesale copying and distribution by users.

It also sees potential for the financial and healthcare industries, where private data could be shared while limiting broader access, said the marketing director of IBM's digital media group, Scott Burnett.

Sales of digital-rights management software by IBM and rivals such as Intertrust Technologies and Macrovision have been slow, said IDC analyst Joshua Duhl.

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