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Microsoft May Build a Copyright Cop into Every Zune

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New York Times, May 7, 2008
By Saul Hansell

If you like to download the latest episodes of “Heroes” or other NBC shows from BitTorrent, maybe you shouldn’t buy a Microsoft Zune to watch them on.

A future update of the software for Microsoft’s portable media player may well include a feature that will block unauthorized copies of copyrighted videos from being played on it.

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