Another decade, another attempt at an almost certainly ill-fated universal DRM scheme. Hooray! This time, it’s UltraViolet, and no, Disney (meaning Apple) isn’t on board. Also, new details on how Google and China reached their license renewal deal. Upshot: diplomacy in action. And Apple is closing in on surpassing Microsoft in actual revenue. Yowsa.

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