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The New York Times has suggested in one of its articles that Microsoft will be putting a tiny "Copyright Cop" in its future versions of Zune as part of a deal with NBC to get its videos on the portable player. Officially Microsoft has denied such a thing, saying instead that it has agreed to work with NBC on a number of issues but no plans for any content filtering system.

Personally, I don't see Microsoft implementing any sort of DRM system. The reason is that Microsoft is trying to sell its player to a group that is not very accepting of DRM solutions. On top of that, Old Media is also starting to understand that DRM is not the answer to their woes. Microsoft is going to launch its Zune video store later this week.

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