Disney took the wraps off its Keychest initiative for online digital distribution last week, as the company seeks to temper the effects of the growing slump in DVD sales (down as much as 25% at some studios). While this particular initiative seems unlikely to achieve that outcome, the shift in thinking from device based content security to device independent content security is pretty radical from such a major media player, and bodes well for the future of digital distribution.

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