The fight between the GSM Association and MPEG LA over the royalty rates for licensing DRM technology that fits OMA’s standard could be the opening that allows Microsoft to expand its mobile business…its PlayForSure DRM software works across PCs, portable audio and video players, and MS-powered PDAs and mobile phones and is being used by a number of music services.
“It’s becoming more and more likely that some alternate DRM technology will have to step into the gap for mobile handsets. It could be Microsoft’s which is already included on its smartphones and Pocket PCs. Surely the company’s got a strategy for this space…”
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