As if we needed still another reason to hate DRM (copy-protection or digital rights management) - whether it be of video, software, or music - here's another one. You'd figure a company as large as Microsoft would be able to commit to supporting DRM'ed products for as long as necessary, but apparently you'd be wrong.

RealNetworks®, Inc. announced that its award-winning Rhapsody digital music service will soon begin offering for sale thousands of DRM-free albums and tracks from artists on Universal Music Group as part of a six-month test with UMG, the world's leading music company.

Microsoft Digital Rights Management System makes sure that the person with the digital rights would only be able to play the audio and Video media. But it seems like Microsoft needs to update its DRM technology as the latest version of program FairUse4m can crack the Microsoft Digital Rights Management system for Windows media audio and video files.