The DRM Wars, Part XXVIII

CNet has an article on what's happening with copy-protected CDs and the balance of power between the digital rights management (DRM) technologies of Apple and Microsoft. Even though Microsoft has lots of support for its WMA technology, the market-leading iPod keeps it from being a one-horse race. [Via Gizmodo]

Two big players in the CD copy-protection business were relying on Microsoft's Windows Media Audio format to placate consumers and create songs that could be copied in a limited way. That gave Microsoft a potentially profitable inroad into the music industry. Until, that is, Apple's iPod became a phenomenon. The iPod doesn't do WMA--thus, neither will many consumers.

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