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Microsoft Licenses Analog Anti-rip Technology

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the sharing-is-for-communists dept.

photojournaliste writes "CD copy-protection specialist Macrovision is to work with Microsoft to ensure their respective DRM and anti-rip technologies are interoperable, the two companies said this week. Sounds straightforward enough, but the deal runs deeper. Microsoft agreed to license a number of Macrovision's patents, in particular those relating to analogue copy protection technology and more recent extensions to that system that cover video-on-demand, pay-per-view content and support for the US 'broadcast flag', which determines whether consumers will be able to record digital TV broadcasts."

2 of 270 comments (clear)

  1. Frost Pist! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Can they license an anaolog First Posting tech ?

  2. Make it free by Georges+Roux · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    as here: http://www.delcamp.net Your Welcome And Forget Micro$crapp COpybuggy unsafeprotection!