Internet2 announced Friday that both the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) have joined the consortium as corporate members. The two groups plan to assist in creating methods to distribute content using digital rights management technologies.
The move comes less than five months after the RIAA first unleashed the legal hounds on Internet2 users trading copyrighted material on college campuses. All told, nearly 500 college students were sued for trading files over the next-generation Internet network.
"We look forward to collaborative work with a broad spectrum of Internet2's members to develop new technologies that will enable us to produce and distribute digital content over next generation networks in ways that protect and enhance the value of creative works," Cary Sherman, president of the RIAA said.
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