Sky hit by Windows Media DRM crack
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| British TV network BSkyB has suspended its broadband movie download
| service, after a Microsoft security patch on Windows Media's digital
| rights management was cracked.
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| The debate over DRM technology is becoming increasingly heated, with
| the Free Software Foundation backing an "Anti-DRM day," scheduled for Oct.
| 3. Many in the content creation industry argue the technology is necessary
| to protect intellectual property and stimulate creativity, while some in
| the opposite camp view it as a cynical attempt by media companies to gain
| greater control over customers' usage of their products.
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