Microsoft Updates Software Against Hacker
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From the Associated Press
Microsoft Corp. is scrambling to update its Windows Media software after a hacker released a program that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs.
The effort began weeks ago. The program, dubbed FairUse4WM, strips digital rights protection from Windows Media-encoded files distributed by companies such as Movielink and Amazon.com Inc., which launched a video download service last week.
The Redmond, Wash.-based software maker released its first fix Aug. 28. The hacker quickly released another version of the program, promoting it on Internet message boards as a way to allow “fair use” of purchased digital media files.
