Microsoft Tells Music Biz To “Back Lock-Down CD Standard”

Microsoft is attempting to force a last-minute pact with record labels over the future of copy-protected CDs, according to this story…Any such deal would see Microsoft support “an industry-wide copy control platform” built in to its next-generation Longhorn operating system, with the computer giant instructing labels that the compatible secure CDs must contain additional multimedia content, such as bonus tracks, “as a quid pro quo for adding effective [DRM] into the consumer experience”.

News.com: Labels are primarily adamant that the OS allow non-Microsoft copy protection technologies to function as transparently as Windows Media’s own DRM tools. They also want to ensure that the OS avoids treating the protected CDs in any way that might prompt consumer backlash, reports News.com

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