Microsoft battles against hacker programme
Microsoft is scrambling to update its Windows Media software after a hacker released a programme that circumvents a safeguard designed to prevent people from freely copying digital movies and songs.
The effort began weeks ago, after a hacker released the programme dubbed FairUse4WM that strips digital rights protection from Windows Media-encoded files distributed by companies like Movielink and Amazon.com, which launched a video download service last week.
