Microsoft has wanted to become the de-facto standard for DRM for a long while now, and it seems possible that they may indeed make that happen. As a mobile company in Japan seeks to unveil new technologies on their phones that will be coupled with DRM to begin with, Microsoft has teamed up with them to provide the digital security in the form of Windows Media DRM. It doesn't affect the U.S. or Europe much, yet, but can in time, largely due to the number of devices that will be included.
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