EU to Probe of Microsoft/Time Warner on ContentGuard

This just in: The European Commission plans to open an in-depth, four-month probe of plans by Microsoft and Time Warner to acquire joint control of U.S. DRM patent company ContentGuard, according to Reuters.

The software giant and Time Warner plan to go 50-50 in ownership of the company, which makes technology to protect digital files from illegal copying.

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