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Licensing Consumer Electronic Devices That Support Windows Media

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June 2006

You can build and distribute PlaysForSure-verified devices or other consumer electronic devices that incorporate Microsoft Windows Media technologies, such as audio, video, and photo codecs, or Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM). Click on the following links to get more information about obtaining and licensing the Windows Media technologies that you will need for these Final Products.

Licensing PlaysForSure-verified Devices. Provides detailed information about the technologies and licenses that you will need to distribute portable and network devices, such as audio and video players, mobile phones, and connected TVs, that are PlaysForSure-verified. What is PlaysForSure?
Licensing Windows Media Technologies for Consumer Electronic Devices. Provides detailed information about the technologies and licenses that you will need to distribute products such as DVD players, digital media receivers, portable audio players, cameras, and printers that incorporate Windows Media technologies, including Windows Media Photo or Windows Media DRM. These devices are not PlaysForSure-verified.
Licensing Windows Media DRM for Windows CE-based Devices. Provides detailed information about the technologies and licenses that you will need to add Windows Media DRM to Windows CE-based devices.

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