“In an industry as young as DRM, heavy hitters ranging from Apple Computer Inc. and Microsoft Corp. to RSA Security Inc. are duking it out against smaller specialists, trying to nail down early market leads. Naturally, then, the hottest topic of conversation at this week’s DRM Strategies show in New York City revolves around who will win,” Jacqueline Emigh writes for Ziff Davis Internet.

“‘There is Apple—and then there’s everybody else,’ said Chris Zachos, a project director at NPD Group, in an off-the-cuff interview with Ziff Davis Internet at the conference. ‘The market share for iPod is already so high—and Apple’s already purchased tons of music. They’re also making it easy to buy the content through iTunes.’ Others, however, think that Microsoft stands a strong chance versus Apple with its Windows Media consumer DRM platform,” Emigh reports.

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