The European Commission announced Wednesday it will extend an antitrust probe of a move by Microsoft and Time Warner to take control of technology that could help the music and movie industries fight piracy.
Microsoft, Sony, Apple Computer, RealNetworks and IBM are all trying to become dominant suppliers of digital rights management technology, or DRM. The technology is designed to give content publishers a tight grip on how digital music, video and other software can be used.
Spending by U.S. companies on DRM software will grow to $274 million in 2008 from $36 million in 2003, according to Jupiter Research in New York. Read More.
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