DRM Application Development (Windows CE 5.0)
Digital rights management (DRM) provides content providers with the means to protect their proprietary music or other data from unauthorized copying and other illegal uses. DRM technology protects digital content by encrypting it and attaching to it usage rules that determine the conditions under which a user can play back the content. Usage rules typically prevent copying or limit the number of times the content will play. The operating system works with the multimedia middleware to enforce these rules.
Microsoft® Windows® CE uses DRM version 7.
DRM is designed to be transparent to users unless they attempt to violate the usage rules that they agreed to when they purchased the digital content.
In addition to basic DRM playback support for portable devices, OEMs may also enable DRM for license acquisition in their OS designs.
See Also
DRM for Portable Devices | License Acquisition | DRM in DirectShow and Windows Media Player | Developing Applications on DRM-Enabled Platforms
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