Sony, Warner To Back Digital Protection

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NEW YORK–Two big Hollywood studios reached agreements to back technology that protects digital content as it moves between home devices such as set-top boxes, computers and televisions, Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported.

The accords, expected to be announced today, represent an early step toward the future of digital home-entertainment networks, in which consumers could make digital copies of programs and view them on several different devices. The agreements involve Sony Corp.’s Sony Pictures
Entertainment and AOL Time Warner Inc.’s



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