Microsoft anti-piracy coming to 3rd party apps

Haters of Microsoft's oft-maligned "Genuine Advantage" security initiative might find the level of security provided by the technology laughable--but that isn't stopping the company from rolling out a set of tools allowing developers to bake similar features into their own products. Some of you may recall that when the program first was unveiled three years ago, Microsoft announced plans to license Genuine Advantage to third parties. Since then, the company appears to have had a change of heart. Microsoft decided not to license Genuine Advantage and instead has developed a parallel set of anti-piracy technologies it will deliver to developers Oct. 1. Going by the name of "Software Licensing and Protection Services"--or "SLP" for short--the group of technologies will allow developers to integrate Microsoft anti-piracy technology into their products at the desktop, server or web level.

For more on SLP:
- see this ZDnet article

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