Not directly related to Linux, but...
Microsoft-led coalition bands against Apple iPod
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| The nine companies yesterday said they would co-operate to promote Windows
| Media-based music and video services in a programme not unlike the Plays
| For Sure scheme Microsoft launched in 2004. The firms will all stress how
| compatible their respective software, devices and services are and how
| well they all work with Windows PCs.
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http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/06/01/ms_allies_against_apple/
Makes me think of:
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| James Middleton reckons Microsoft is about to make its move on the
| mobile music market in a cunning stealth play...
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| It's well known that Microsoft is investing big in mobile DRM. In April,
| the Redmond Giant announced "significant investments" in the technology.
| Windows Media DRM is licensed and deployed by over 100 content services
| and on hundreds of wireless devices worldwide today and has been adopted
| by major handset manufacturers such as Motorola, Nokia and BenQ.
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http://www.telecoms.com/itmgcontent/tcoms/expertview/articles/20017351977.html;jsessionid=3AD8769565086CEA63E6A81FD1AFB62D?page=1
Also:
Microsoft supplies mobile DRM in Japan, eyes everywhere else
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| It appears that Microsoft may be positioning itself to make a run at
| grabbing control of the mobile digital rights management (DRM) market,
| having come to an agreement with Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company
| to standardize that provider's phones with Windows Media Audio and
| Windows Media DRM.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060517-6857.html
The DRM battles carry on, eh?
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