- From: Rigo Wenning <rigo@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 5 Feb 2001 00:31:41 +0100
- To: DRM-Public-List <www-drm@w3.org>
http://www.zdnet.com/filters/printerfriendly/0,6061,2681422-35,00.html ------------------------------ CUT -------------------------------- Microsoft wins new friends as anti-piracy superhero By John Borland, Special to ZDNet February 1, 2001 3:50 PM PT URL: http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2681422,00.html Without much fanfare, Microsoft has captured a leading spot in the content-protection business, a role that is fostering closer relationships between the software giant and music labels and movie studios. The last several months have seen most of the major music labels release songs in Microsoft's Windows Media format, which has built-in copy protection, or DRM (digital rights management) technology. Most of the labels are quick to say they are technology agnostics, but in a few cases their commercial download services are using exclusively Microsoft technology. [...] ------------------------------ CUT --------------------------------
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