ISyndicate, SoftLock.com Partner To Secure Data On The Net
Some content providers refrain from using the Internet todistribute their premium information for a fee because the
data run the risk of being copied and shared with nonpaying
users. Now iSyndicate Inc., a content aggregator and
distributor, has partnered with SoftLock.com Inc., a
provider of security technology, to restrict documents from
being accessed on the Web.
ISyndicate, which collects information from and distributes
it to a network of more than 170,000 Web sites, wanted a way
to offer premium information without causing content
providers to lose revenue. The SoftLock technology
encapsulates documents, restricts access, and prevents the
redistribution of the information. Through their
partnership, the companies intend to provide over the
Internet premium information from analyst firms and
publishers such as Standard & Poor's and G2 News, which
until now could often only be accessed though monthly CD
deliveries at up to $10,000 each, according to Keith Loris,
CEO and president of SoftLock.
"Typically we sell subscriptions only by the year, and some
people want to buy specific copies. We didn't have a good
way of doing that," says Charles Hall, president of
G2News.com in Long Island, N.Y. "This becomes newsstand
sales for us."
Affiliates using the SoftLock protected content will be
required to install a Java script from SoftLock.com to their
Web page.
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