What's the deal with WMP and DRM?

[curious]

I just installed Encarta 2005 on my Windows 2000 box, and WMP 7.1 was
installed along with it. I noticed a EULA.TXT in the WMP directory, and it
contained the following:

"Digital Rights Management (Security).  You agree that in order to protect
the integrity of content and software protected by digital rights management
("Secure Content"), Microsoft may provide security related updates to the OS
Components that will be automatically downloaded onto your computer.  These
security related updates may disable your ability to copy and/or play Secure
Content and use other software on your computer.  If we provide such a
security update, we will use reasonable efforts to post notices on a web site
explaining the update."


Does anyone know if Microsoft has provided any of these "security related
updates" that may disable some of my software? If so, what exactly do the
updates do, and does Microsoft explain it on their web site?

 

[Dave Patrick]

I'd ask them here.

How and When to Contact Microsoft Customer Service
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];295539

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
|I just installed Encarta 2005 on my Windows 2000 box, and WMP 7.1 was
| installed along with it. I noticed a EULA.TXT in the WMP directory, and
it
| contained the following:
|
| "Digital Rights Management (Security). You agree that in order to protect
| the integrity of content and software protected by digital rights
management
| ("Secure Content"), Microsoft may provide security related updates to the
OS
| Components that will be automatically downloaded onto your computer. These
| security related updates may disable your ability to copy and/or play
Secure
| Content and use other software on your computer. If we provide such a
| security update, we will use reasonable efforts to post notices on a web
site
| explaining the update."
|
|
| Does anyone know if Microsoft has provided any of these "security related
| updates" that may disable some of my software? If so, what exactly do the
| updates do, and does Microsoft explain it on their web site?