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| Microsoft vs. DRM Hackers  Microsoft has filed a federal lawsuit against a group of hackers who allegedly infiltrated its digital rights management technology. The suit was filed last Friday in district court in Seattle. It offered the fictitious name Viodentia as the ringleader of a group of "John Does" Microsoft is charging with the alleged intellectual property assault. The scandal started last month, when a program called FairUse4WM appeared on the Internet. The software erases Microsoft's DRM technology from songs downloaded through major subscription services.Microsoft is suing for copyright infringement based on FairUse4WM's use of code from its Windows Media software development kit. Software developers use development kits to build applications that work with other programs. Viodentia denied using any copyrighted Microsoft code and boldly released another version of his tool. Microsoft is hoping Internet Service Providers will help identify the hackers. Web sites where the original FairUse4WM tool was released in an attempt to reveal the IP address or other digital evidence that might lead to members of the group. write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Computing News :: home page |