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Microsoft's anti-piracy plans spark controversy

A recent software update for Microsoft's Windows Media Player requires users to permit the automatic installation of undisclosed future anti-piracy measures.

The article draws your attention to a little bit of the EULA (end user license agreement) that came with the latest Windows Media Player update which reads:

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.

That's bad enough, but the next sentence in that paragraph is -- for me -- the killer:

These security related updates may disable your ability to copy and/or play Secure Content and use other software on your computer. [Emphasis mine.]

Microsoft will, of course, "use reasonable efforts" to let you know.

Uh huh, sure.