December 7, 2006

How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In

What if you could rig it so that competing with your flagship product was against the law? Under 1998's Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), breaking an anti-copying system is illegal, even if you're breaking it for a legal reason. Technology called "Information Rights Management" combined with Vista enabled Microsoft exactly this.

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