If anything Microsoft or the US Patent Offiece have done lately deserves a WTF, this is it! Consider the following. You access page-based paginated content in a computing environment using the PageUp and PageDown commands (as we might do while prepping text for CrankyGenius.com or you might do in any desktop publishing endevour). You know what? This method is probably patented by Microsoft.
Yes, you read correctly!
In 2006, iTunes touted its billionth download. Steve Jobs has become a modern day folk hero while record companies are finally starting to realize suing ordinary people for music piracy is not so productive after all. The music industry has finally taken notice that digital distribution is not only inevitable but is to be embraced. But all is not perfect in this scenario. iTunes has a little known policy that could cost you more than you realize.