Microsoft announced a new system DRM: PlayReady

Despite the aggressive and radical condemnation of users of DRM systems, Microsoft announced the new DRM system: PlayReady.

The system is designed for mobile systems and allows you to provide subscription, rent, pay-per-view, preview and “super-distribution” (hm? Maybe they mean copying with authorization) not only for native formats, but also for third-party formats including AAC and H .264.

In addition, the PlayReady system will be backward compatible with the DRM system used by WM 10, so your movies received through the Vongo service or songs from the Napster service will be played when the current DRM system is replaced with a new one.

Already, AT & T, Verizon Wireless, Telefónica, O2, and Bouygues have joined the discussion on the use of DRM systems in new services. The key point of the DRM system will be whether Microsoft will license it for other vendors and software platforms that use only formats other than WMA / WMV (for example, H.264), but at the moment no statements have been received about the possibility of such licensing. release of PlayReady for desktops.
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Sources: Engadget.com
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