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Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

 

May 7, 2008,  10:25 am

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune

By Saul Hansell

UPDATED | 10:25 PM Microsoft has posted an item on its Zune Insder blog related to this. See the end of this post.

If you like to download the latest episodes of “Heroes” or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on.

A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it.

Tuesday, Microsoft announced that it would start selling video programming for the Zune, mainly TV shows. These include programs from NBC Universal, which has pulled its shows off Apple’s iTunes Store.

Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop Into Every Zune - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

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