Microsoft Planning Digital Restrictions Server

Jon James writes "Microsoft is pushing further into digital rights management with a plan for a DRM server due to go into beta testing later this year, eWeek is reporting. Microsoft has already applied for a patent for a DRM operating system but would not say if the DRM server would be based on this. In an interview last week with eWeek, Jim Allchin, Microsoft's group vice president for platforms, said a DRM server is but one of three server infrastructure applications coming next year."

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Re:Palladium: the dark age of computing

[Reality Master 101]

/rant mode: OK, I've had about enough of this sort of insane rhetoric. I'm calling you out. Let's see how ignorant you really are.

Lay out the scenerio: EXACTLY how will Palladium make "software that daddy wrote" illegal.

That's all I'm asking: tell me exactly how this scenerio unfolds. And please cite exactly in the Palladium spec how your scenerio plays out.

I'm betting you don't even know what Palladium is.

Microsoft DOES NOT want to take control of your PC

[tshak]

Contrary to the rediuclous amount of conspiracy theorists, MS has publically stated that it is creating DRM as an OPTION for it's customers. We can argue if this breaks the entire concept of DRM, but that's not the point. Read the facts here instead of spouting off speculations.