Microsoft Settled Music Download Patent Infringement Lawsuit with E-Data Systems.

They hold a European patent that "...covers the downloading of information onto a tangible object such as a CD...." according to this ZDNet article. The settlement may cause problems for a European version of Apple's iTunes Music Store. [Dana Baggett]

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