[Fsfe-uk] EU Wants Windows Cleaned of DRM

[Paul Mobbs]

http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,65158,00.html/wn_ascii

EU Wants Windows Cleaned of DRM 

By Wendy M. Grossman
WIRED: 02:00 AM Oct. 06, 2004 PT


In a move to prevent Microsoft from using its dominance in PC operating 
systems to control the burgeoning field of digital rights management, 
European regulators are considering blocking the company's acquisition of an 
influential DRM patent holder.

The European Commission announced in late August that it was launching an 
in-depth investigation into Microsoft's and Time Warner's acquisition of the 
digital rights management company ContentGuard. Its final decision is due 
Jan. 6, 2005. 

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