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'Marketplace' Report: Digital Rights Management Is copy protection software on its way out? Music bought from iTunes will only play on an iPod, for example, but those days may be numbered.

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'Marketplace' Report: Digital Rights Management

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Is the end of so-called "digital rights management" at hand?

Copy protection software is controversial because it restricts the playback of downloaded music to specific players. Music bought from iTunes will only play on an iPod for example, but those days may be numbered.

Bob Moon of Marketplace talks to Alex Chadwick.