Windows Media DRM
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Windows Media DRM is Microsoft's proprietary digital rights management technology designed to protect and control the distribution and playback of digital media content.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Windows Media DRM canonical | 4 |
| Microsoft PlayReady | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7941770 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Media DRM Context triple: [Windows Media Player, supportsDRM, Windows Media DRM]
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A.
Windows Media
Windows Media is a collection of Microsoft multimedia technologies and formats used for playing, streaming, and encoding audio and video on Windows platforms.
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B.
DRM
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a set of access-control technologies used by copyright holders to restrict the use, copying, and distribution of digital content and devices.
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C.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
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D.
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
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E.
Active Directory Rights Management Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services is a Microsoft server technology that protects sensitive information through encryption, access control, and usage policies integrated with Active Directory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Windows Media DRM Target entity description: Windows Media DRM is Microsoft's proprietary digital rights management technology designed to protect and control the distribution and playback of digital media content.
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A.
Windows Media
Windows Media is a collection of Microsoft multimedia technologies and formats used for playing, streaming, and encoding audio and video on Windows platforms.
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B.
DRM
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is a set of access-control technologies used by copyright holders to restrict the use, copying, and distribution of digital content and devices.
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C.
Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player is Microsoft’s built-in multimedia application for playing audio, video, and streaming media on Windows operating systems.
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D.
Windows Media Center
Windows Media Center is a discontinued Microsoft digital video recorder and media player application for Windows that provided a TV-friendly interface for watching and recording live television, playing media, and accessing online content.
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E.
Active Directory Rights Management Services
Active Directory Rights Management Services is a Microsoft server technology that protects sensitive information through encryption, access control, and usage policies integrated with Active Directory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Microsoft technology
ⓘ
digital rights management system ⓘ |
| basedOn | encryption ⓘ |
| category |
Digital rights management
ⓘ
Microsoft multimedia technologies ⓘ |
| component |
individualization service
ⓘ
license acquisition URL ⓘ packaging tools for content encryption ⓘ |
| controls |
ability to burn to CD
ⓘ
ability to copy content ⓘ ability to transfer to portable devices ⓘ number of devices for playback ⓘ |
| developer | Microsoft ⓘ |
| enforces | usage rules defined by content owners ⓘ |
| feature |
content protection
ⓘ
expiration control ⓘ individualization of clients ⓘ license-based access control ⓘ offline license storage ⓘ online license acquisition ⓘ output protection ⓘ playback restrictions ⓘ |
| integratedWith |
Windows Media Format SDK
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows Media
Windows Media Player ⓘ Windows Media Services ⓘ |
| operatingSystem |
Microsoft Windows
ⓘ
linked to:
Windows
|
| requires |
client runtime
ⓘ
license server ⓘ |
| successor |
PlayReady
ⓘ
linked to:
DRM
|
| supports |
audio content
ⓘ
downloaded media ⓘ streaming media ⓘ video content ⓘ |
| supportsFormat |
.asf
ⓘ
.wma ⓘ .wmv ⓘ Windows Media Audio ⓘ
linked to:
WMA
Windows Media Video ⓘ
linked to:
WMV
|
| targetUser |
content providers
ⓘ
online music stores ⓘ subscription services ⓘ video-on-demand services ⓘ |
| usedFor |
controlling media distribution
ⓘ
controlling media playback ⓘ protecting digital media content ⓘ |
| usedIn |
online music distribution in the 2000s
ⓘ
protected streaming deployments ⓘ subscription-based media services ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Windows Media DRM Description of subject: Windows Media DRM is Microsoft's proprietary digital rights management technology designed to protect and control the distribution and playback of digital media content.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Windows Media DRM
linked to: Windows Media DRM