INTERTRUST SUES MICROSOFT
InterTrust, one of several companies providing technology to protect songs and videos from being illegally copied, says Microsoft, which has added strong anti-copying mechanisms to its Windows Media Player, has come too close to InterTrust's patent-protected technology.
As well as asking for an unspecified amount of financial damages, the company is asking the court to force Microsoft to stop using its anti-piracy technology—an action that could force the giant to disable a key feature in its highly touted new multimedia software.
How the case is decided will carry far-reaching implications for companies like InterTrust, which—because of music and movie companies’ moving more content online—are on the cusp of widespread use.
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