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  Microsoft Ditches Media Player Licensing Strategy
Time: 00:01 EST/05:01 GMT | News Source: eWeek | Posted By: John Quigley

Updated: The software giant tells the DOJ that it has pulled a set of contracts asking portable device makers to give its Windows Media Player software exclusive domain on their products. Microsoft Corp. reported in a quarterly antitrust update to the U.S. government that it recently scrapped an exclusive licensing proposal for its Windows Media Player that asked device makers to snub competing multimedia applications. In its quarterly report, filed with the Department of Justice on Thursday, Microsoft said it quickly withdrew the draft licensing agreements after receiving at least one complaint regarding the exclusive deals that the company had forwarded to an unspecified number of portable hardware makers. Microsoft reported that it replaced the exclusive contracts with another version of the agreement that allows device makers to consider use of other multimedia applications, such as Apple Inc.'s iTunes, RealNetworks' RealPlayer, Napster To Go and other platforms.

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