Microsoft’s Zune and NBC’s downloadable television shows stand at the center of the latest digital rights management dustup. On Wednesday, a report suggested that Microsoft might build a copyright manager into every Zune player, ostensibly in response to an NBC demand for copyright protections of its downloadable content. The report qualified that the development was only a possibility, not a certainty. However, the article suggested that Microsoft was willing to attempt to develop a program that would filter out unauthorized copies of copyrighted material.
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Will Zunes Zap Unauthorized Content?
Posted by: Chris Maxcer May 8, 2008 12:04 PMMicrosoft’s Zune and NBC’s downloadable television shows stand at the center of the latest digital rights management dustup. On Wednesday, a report suggested that Microsoft might build a copyright manager into every Zune player, ostensibly in response to an NBC demand for copyright protections of its downloadable content. The report qualified that the development was only a possibility, not a certainty. However, the article suggested that Microsoft was willing to attempt to develop a program that would filter out unauthorized copies of copyrighted material.