At least someone is finally doing something to provide real content licensing for the digital age. This is something that’s in teh back of my head since DVDs became the video medium of choice. At the time I had a decent library of VHS tapes (in other words, licensed content). But if I wanted to switch it over to the new format, I had to purchase that same license again. Not fair (use)…

If Jobs is behind this (and I suspect he has a hand in it as the single biggest Disney shareholder, and a member of the board) I would expect the system to be released as an open standard that any media company could adopt.

One can only hope…

Slashdot News Story | Disney Close To Unveiling New “DVD Killer”.