From: "Adam Flinton" 

Blackbird?


Adam

"Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
news:01gt3vsduk12fr5gg1s70lonf39vcto9cj{at}4ax.com...
> On Mon, 3 Feb 2003 19:45:33 +0100, Peter Sawatzki 
> wrote:
>
> >Microsoft's Windows Media 9 Series software gives users glamorous player
> >interfaces, cross-device compatibility, and high-quality video encoding,
> >but its killer feature is DRM. If you're in the business of selling
> >content or keeping secrets, the end-to-end control of the Windows Media
> >9 Series players and server (built into Windows 2003 Server) ensures
> >that only those who pay can watch or listen.
>
> The big questions are:
>
> 1) will the conent providers be willing to lock their users (i.e., those
> who pay for the content) into the Windows platform with little, if any,
> support, for other OS's.
>
> 2) will the content providers be willing to marry themselves to Microsoft,
> who has a history of drastically raising prices once competition is gone.
>
>  /m

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