Microsoft PlaysForSure

PlaysForSure was a certification from Microsoft, confirmed the portable media players that support Digital Rights Management Windows Media Player 10 and can be managed in part only with this. Also, online music services are provided with the emblem to show users that a smooth running of the copy protection is guaranteed.

In the criticism, Microsoft ran as it turned out, that the PlaysForSure License alternative formats that are not from Microsoft banned. After a court decision due to the desire of the monopoly strict license text has been corrected.

Microsoft's own platform Zune never supported PlaysForSure. In the meantime, PlaysForSure was replaced by the certificate " Certified for Windows Vista ".