Nokia and Microsoft Join Forces
Color us unenthused. CNNMoney.com is reporting that “mobile-phone giant Nokia will start to use Microsoft’s copy protection software to boost the use of wireless entertainment, like music and videos.”
According to the report, Microsoft’s technology “allows users of Nokia cellphones to share protected pieces of content – like music, games or videos – between phones, PCs and other devices.”
That sounds great on paper, but in practice, it sometimes causes the opposite to happen. Microsoft PlaysForSure DRM (the system in question here, along with its PlayReady mobile-phone equivalent) is notorious for incompatibilities between MP3 players, Windows XP, and purchased downloads.
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