Tuesday, 16. September 2008

DRM Of Any Kind Will Always Lose


Microsoft’s digital-rights-management strategy on the consumer/device side of the house has been a constantly changing, murky one. Microsoft’s latest move in joining a new digital-media coalition is doing little — so far at least — to clarify the situation.

Microsoft’s ill-fated PlayForSure initiative seemed to give way to its next-to-invisible PlayReady. At the same time, the Redmondians supposedly have been working (forever) on creating an end-to-end connected entertainment experience that, presumably, will allow content to be played on a variety of devices — Xboxes, to Zunes, to PCs, to TVs, to cars.

Digital Rights Management

zdnet.com

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