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Exhibit 23.2

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

        We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" in the Registration Statement on Form S-4, and related Prospectus of Digital River, Inc. and to the incorporation by reference therein of our report dated May 18, 2004, with respect to the consolidated financial statements of element 5 Informationstechnologien und-dienstleistungen Aktiengesellschaft and subsidiaries appearing in the Current Report on Form 8-K/A dated May 24, 2004 of Digital River, Inc.

Ernst & Young AG
Wirtschaftspruefungsgesellschaft
/s/ Peter Nolden
/s/ ppa. Juergen Luckas

Duesseldorf, Germany

January 10, 2005

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Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm