Apple to pay $308.5 million for allegedly violating a DRM patent

Apple's copyright protection technology is about to cost the company dearly. Bloomberg says a Marshall, Texas court has ordered Apple to pay $308.5 million to Personalized Media Communications for allegedly violating a digital rights management (DRM) patent. PMC claimed in 2015 that the FairPlay tech used in the App Store, Apple Music and iTunes infringed on seven patents. Apple initially had claims invalidated at the US Patent and Trademark Office, but PMC succeeded in overturning some of those decisions on appeal.