...his problem is the large number of tracks folks have purchased which can’t be moved to another device (DRM does have its uses), which explains why Apple has been slow to adopt DRM free content broadly...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008 00:27
...briel's 7Digital is particularly strong in the UK where Universal last week launched Lost Tunes, a new DRM -free 320-Kbps MP3 music store specialized on exclusive titles, rare titles and overlooked cla...
Friday, August 08, 2008 14:28
Real Networks relaunched its Rhapsody music store and follows the
general trend of leaving DRM copy protection behind. But Rhapsody has a
few other new features as well – such as a full-lengt
Monday, June 30, 2008 13:53
...t rivals match iTunes' content pricing (some are actually cheaper) and deliver higher-quality and more DRM -free music. Plus, we recently heard chatter about flat-fee based subscription services. Apple...
Monday, June 09, 2008 00:31
...e-making album is finally ready to be released, members of the site will be able to download it in the DRM -free MP3 format - quite a big step for the band that sued the original Napster. Read the co...
Friday, May 30, 2008 13:34
Are you tired of downloading MP3 songs with pesky
DRM protection? Well Napster, yes that Napster, is now offering more
than six million music tracks without any restriction. The c
Tuesday, May 20, 2008 10:47
...il recently made it impossible for iPod owners to switch to another MP3 player. The emergence of DRM -free tracks has weakened this traditional strength which locked users into the iPod, but iTun...
Thursday, May 01, 2008 10:56
...movie offerings. Otherwise, there will have to be 'Take 3' for Apple TV. The lack of movie rentals or DRM -free MP3 songs from all record labels, not just EMI, is believed to be the result of Apple's ...
Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:02
...tirely new place in the music business. Amazon launched a new digital music store last year, offering DRM -free MP3 downloads exclusively. It has managed to get all four major record labels to c...
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 10:57
... to developers, but charges a 30% transaction fee in exchange for hosting services, digital signature (DRM ), delivery, billing system and an informative web page that the users will see when researchi...
Tuesday, April 08, 2008 15:42
Amazon today said that it will be rolling out international versions of its DRM -free music store in 2008. Seattle (WA) – Amazon today said that it will be rolling out international versions of
Monday, January 28, 2008 17:01
.... The service works by centralizing music from P2P sites and then reoffering the songs with some extra DRM attached. Songs are downloaded to the listener’s computer, but they can only be p...
Monday, January 28, 2008 03:18
... Sony BMG follows on the heels of an announcement from December 27 that Warner Music Group would offer DRM -free music through Amazon’s digital music store. Universal Music Group and EMI had pre...
Thursday, January 10, 2008 16:59
...n iTunes can only be transferred to Apple devices, though the company's digital rights management (DRM ) package known as FairPlay. The suit has been filed as a class-action, meaning other America...
Friday, January 04, 2008 13:31
..., even we thought it might never happen, but Sony BMG has apparently waved the white surrender flag on DRM and plans on distributing a portion of its music collection as DRM -free songs. New York (NY) ...
Friday, January 04, 2008 12:38
...Sideshow notebooks to finally arrive. #5 - Cloud computing won't take off. #4 - Music labels leave DRM town. #3 - The Internet won't slow down. #2 - M&A will slow down. #1 - Virtualization...
Friday, December 28, 2007 19:10
...ents to download a straight MP3 track, Apple has decided to bring the prices down to the same as their DRM -ridden counterparts. Cupertino (CA) - After five months of charging users an additional 30 c...
Wednesday, October 17, 2007 09:30
Some of the music industry’s biggest names are considering offering their music free online following the success of the experiment by the band Radiohead to let fans download their new album wit
Tuesday, October 09, 2007 15:09
...’s dominant iTunes Store. The service, dubbed Amazon MP3, includes a selection of over 2 million DRM -free songs from two of the four major record companies – EMI and Universal – plus...
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:25
...akes its debut today, offering free songs to people who are willing to cope with advertising and heavy DRM restrictions. Los Angeles (CA) - A new music downloading service makes its debut today, offer...
Monday, September 17, 2007 11:15
...evolution," said Real vice president Jeff Chasen. However, users cannot burn videos if they have DRM (digital rights management) protection....
Monday, September 17, 2007 09:29
...tinue service in March 2008. At that time it will also officially end support of its proprietary DRM -ridden ATRAC format. This means that all ATRAC songs will become virtually invalid next Marc...
Thursday, August 30, 2007 13:33
...chief executive officer of Real Networks, noted that Rhapsody's recently announced trial to offer DRM -free music from Universal will carry over into the new service. Financial details were not ...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 11:08
...begun selling unprotected MP3 files at its online music store at prices that still undercut most other DRM -ridden tracks. Bentonville (AR) - Wal-Mart announced today that it has begun selling unprotec...
Tuesday, August 21, 2007 10:27
...d to become a secure asset on the network. It could be easy to visualize this new ability as a type of DRM for security. You either adhere to the policy, or you're out of luck. Internet communica...
Monday, August 20, 2007 16:05
...leasing music tracks without an integrated technology that restricts the use of the music files. The DRM -free offer is scheduled to begin on August 21 and will be available through eight online stor...
Friday, August 10, 2007 10:35
...ic, one of the "big five" record labels and essentially the corporate leader for the move to DRM -free content. EMI has been very open this year to allowing digital music stores to offe...
Tuesday, July 24, 2007 14:49
...is free dom from the Windows chains, the Windows expense and the legacy baggage of bloatware and costly DRM , it is a Linux based system and carries with it that portion of a learning curve. For those w...
Thursday, July 19, 2007 02:00
Someone going by the forum name Divine Tao has cracked Microsoft's DRM blackbox components, opening up Windows Media Player and Zune restrictions. Someone going by the forum name Divine Tao ha
Tuesday, July 17, 2007 11:24
The hackers over at the Doom 9 forums have once again conquered AACS by discovering the updated decryption key used on new HD DVD and Blu Ray discs. Hollywood (CA) - The hackers over at the Doom 9
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 18:19
Apple is now offering DRM -free music through a new iTunes “Plus” store. For a 30% premium over regular, copy-protected music, Apple has become the first major online music distributor to
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:36
...s." It is unclear at this time what that means for the firm’s recent announcements to offer DRM -free music for Apple’s iTunes music catalog and Amazon’s upcoming music service. ...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 14:07
Amazon today announced that it will be launching a new music download store with DRM -free content later this year. The company said that it will offer “millions of songs” from more than 1
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:30
...39;t transfer data between the two. Because of Microsoft's strict digital rights management (DRM ), by just moving the content manually between the two, users lose the ability to play media f...
Wednesday, May 02, 2007 08:26
About a month after EMI signed a deal with Apple to provide restriction-free versions of its songs on iTunes, Amazon has taken further steps in providing its own alternative. Seattle (WA) - About a m
Tuesday, April 24, 2007 13:44
...eless data transfer appears to be much more likely than music sharing, especially if Apple is offering DRM -free music through its iTunes music store. DigiTimes said that Microsoft and Apple will not ...
Friday, April 13, 2007 10:45
Microsoft is jumping on the DRM -free music bandwagon and will be offering unprotected EMI songs in its Zune Marketplace. Redmond (WA) - Microsoft is jumping on the DRM -free music bandwagon and will
Friday, April 06, 2007 14:16
..., Paul Simonon, Tony Allen and Simon Tong is scheduled to become available on iTunes today. While the DRM -free tracks were not yet available on iTunes at the time of this writing, EMI said that the a...
Wednesday, April 04, 2007 12:30
With the long-awaited move of digital rights management (DRM )-free music to iTunes, Microsoft has fallen even more behind the curve. Columbus (OH) - Since its unremarkable launch in November,
Tuesday, April 03, 2007 16:43
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EMI drops DRM
(Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)
EMI has announced that it will be dropping DRM file protections for its entire digital library of songs. London (England) - EMI has announced that it will be dropping DRM file protections for its en
Monday, April 02, 2007 08:30
...an be downloaded from a PC. The price cut actually makes Sprint one of the biggest providers of $0.99 DRM -free music downloads. Additionally, Sprint said PCS Vision subscribers will be able to ...
Tuesday, March 27, 2007 12:27
...hoo and RealNetworks and couldn't agree on the size of an upfront payment in exchange for offering DRM -free music. According to Bloomberg news, EMI wanted substantially more money which would have...
Monday, February 26, 2007 19:11
... of copy protection technologies for digital music, commonly referred to as digital rights management (DRM ). In fact, his "Thoughts on Music" may bring common sense to an industry that suffe...
Tuesday, February 20, 2007 10:06
...copying protection, is getting on the open letter game by publicly telling Apple's Steve Jobs that DRM can actually increase consumer value. Culver City (CA) - Macrovision, most well known for it...
Friday, February 16, 2007 16:44
...layers and some flash products, and Sony, which had attractive products that were crippled by a horrid DRM implementation. Apple rolled to market with a Mac-only product and set the market on fi...
Thursday, February 15, 2007 16:27
SlySoft, a company known for its CD/DVD ripping software, is inviting the public to test drive its HD-DVD ripping program. Antigua (West Indies) - SlySoft, a company known for its CD/DVD ripping soft
Wednesday, February 14, 2007 13:08
The Coral Consortium, a DRM interoperability group, has publicly asked Apple boss Steve Jobs to join. Culver City (CA) - The Coral Consortium, a DRM interoperability group, has publicly asked Apple
Friday, February 09, 2007 16:06
...e accessed, allowing playback only on specific devices without the possibility of copying tracks. The DRM subject has come back to the forefront after Apple CEO Steve Jobs wrote an open letter, sayin...
Friday, February 09, 2007 11:21
... claims that Vista "breaks" the majority of games, mainly due to new installer requirements, DRM technologies and parental controls. Rich Wickham, director of Games for Windows at Microsoft...
Wednesday, February 07, 2007 19:57
...the music industry's heart by calling for the end of copy protected music. He said that abolishing DRM -protected music would be, "the best alternative for consumers, and Apple would embrace i...
Tuesday, February 06, 2007 16:13
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