Benefits of AACS
Consumer Benefits
Consumers should benefit from AACS because AACS will:
- Support a superior viewing experience delivered by next generation media formats
- Enable greater flexibility to manage distribute, and play entertainment content on a wider range of devices
- Enable groundbreaking home entertainment choices and the ability to use content on PCs and a range of CE devices
- Work across a variety of formats and platforms
Industry Benefits
Content Owners should benefit from AACS because AACS will:
- Enable new entertainment business models
- Protect copyrighted works on next generation optical media
- Encourage new, legitimate uses of content
Technology companies should benefit from AACS because AACS will:
- Accelerate next generation content flow, facilitating new technologies such as high definition video
- Increase demand for infrastructure services to support that content flow
- Provide an even playing field for technology companies to compete for solutions and services