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Microsoft, Disney Join Up to Protect Digitized Content

Sun Feb 8,10:50 PM ET

Microsoft Corp. (NasdaqNM:MSFT - News) and Walt Disney Co. (NYSE:DIS - News) said they would work together to develop new ways of securely distributing digital entertainment via the Internet, on portable devices and on future versions of the DVD, Monday's Wall Street Journal reported.

Under a multiyear agreement, Disney agreed to license Microsoft's Windows Media, a technology used for playing back digital files that includes safeguards to prevent content from being illegally copied and used.

The two companies also have agreed to collaborate on a broad set of issues related to electronic distribution of entertainment. The areas include developing secure content for use on future high-definition DVDs and Microsoft's Portable Media Center, a hand-held device for playing back movies and music that goes on sale late this year.

Microsoft and Disney plan to announce the agreement today, without disclosing financial terms.

Wall Street Journal Staff Reporters Robert A. Guth and Bruce Orwall contributed to this report.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...402082250000089

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