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1. Free Software Foundation goes mad

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Thursday, 08 October 2009

   ... standards, ‘poisoning’ education, acting in an evil and monopolistic manner, threatening security, imposing DRM and causing the death of millions of baby pandas. We may have made two or three of these ...

2. Microsoft attacked over Windows 7 'sins'

   (Software/Software Features)

   Wednesday, 26 August 2009

   ... in underhanded behavior, including bribing officials, in an attempt to stop such efforts." Enforcing digital restrictions management(DRM) is also a sin, says the FSF, as is threatening user security ...

3. Anti-Kindle petition kicks off

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Wednesday, 05 August 2009

   Following the much-publicized deletion of George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm, anti-DRM campaigner Defective By Design (DBD) has started a petition challenging Amazon's stance on the control and monitoring ...

4. RIAA spokesperson eulogizes "dead" DRM

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 20 July 2009

   The chief spokesperson for the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) has declared an unceremonious end to the age of music digital rights management (DRM). San Francisco (CA) - The chief ...

5. BlackBerry to get music download service

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Monday, 13 July 2009

   ... most will be DRM-free. "We've got a facility whereby we can deliver tracks over the air as AAC [Advanced Audio Coding] if you're in a 3G zone, but if you have Wifi it will automatically upgrade to a ...

6. Hollywood panics! X-Men Origins: Wolverine pirated, hits web a month before official release

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Thursday, 02 April 2009

   ... on the iTunes Store. Last month, the hackers successfully cracked FairPlay DRM that protects paid iPhone applications from illegal copying. This, in turn, resulted in a worrying influx of sites that ...

7. Apple's placebo iTunes upgrade

   (Software/Software Opinion)

   Thursday, 12 March 2009

   ... iTunes 8.1, Apple simply renamed the setting to "iTunes Plus", the marketing name under which Apple advertises DRM-free 256 Kbps AAC tracks sold on the iTunes Store. The killer feature:  Better performance ...

8. Linux, Microsoft and Sun to discuss the future of operating systems, but where's Apple?

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 10 March 2009

   ... business models, DRM beliefs, closed and open source initiatives, and free and fee-based models, into a single forum for such a discussion. As the sponsor, it seems that only Intel could go to San Francisco. The ...

9. iPhone: Renegade app store opens but Apple wants to kill it

   (Software/Software Features)

   Monday, 09 March 2009

   ... jailbreaking might enable piracy as well. While every App Store application, paid or not, is wrapped with FairPlay DRM to prevent it from running on iPhones and iPod touches which are not authorized ...

10. Microsoft receives 10,000th patent, links objects to data

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 10 February 2009

    ... posture to a proactive, collaborative one." Ever wonder what it would be like: A world free from DRM, copyrights and patents? See Microsoft's press release.  ...

11. Obama Truth Tracker website includes technology promises

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 25 January 2009

    ... law." [See a TG Daily opinion article asking what it would be like to be free from DRM, free from copyrights and free from patents. -Rick] Page 20, No. 400, "Attract more students to science and math." Page ...

12. A world free from DRM, copyrights and patents

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

    ... product they can design, and then attempt to sell it to others ... what would that world look like? No DRM: All forms of audio, video and multimedia content can now be utilized in any way for any ...

13. DRM-free iTunes music embedded with owner's email address

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 13 January 2009

      Apple's DRM-free iTunes service is proving to be completely DRM-free, meaning any player can play new music downloaded from iTunes in the AAC (.m4a extension) iTunes Plus format. However, the DRM-free ...

14. Some odd 2009 predictions, including a $900 iPhone

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... are that “DRM technology will still fail to prevent widespread infringement,” and that the RIAA will still sue individuals for copyright infringement even though they’ve said they want ...

15. Why the DRM-free iTunes Store is a rip-off

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    When Phil Schiller, Apple's chief of worldwide marketing, took the stage yesterday morning to deliver the Macworld 2009 keynote, DRM-free iTunes was one of  three key topics on the keynote agenda. ...

16. Post-Jobs Apple to profit from content and services, not just gadgets

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Wednesday, 07 January 2009

    ... major labels agreed to give iTunes DRM-free music, which clearly shows that the music industry gave up trying to grow the iTunes competitor. Carriers too have had to bend a little as Apple recently allowed ...

17. Macworld 2009: iTunes now DRM-free, iPhone music purchases over 3G network are a go

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 06 January 2009

    Remember last year when EMI was the only big music label that offered its music on Apple's iTunes free from the dreaded digital rights management (DRM)? It now appears that the remaining three labels ...

18. New Wal-Mart MP3 store challenges iTunes with lower prices

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

      Wal-Mart relaunched its MP3 store with more than 3 million DRM-free songs in a much cleaner layout and new store navigation features. As Wal-Mart’s overall music sales are falling behind Apple’s ...

19. Thoughts about Windows 7: What to look forward to

    (Software/Software Opinion)

    Tuesday, 28 October 2008

    ... the song, songs, or playlist you want to be played. This will now work with a variety of music types including DRM free iTunes tracks. PC OEMs wanted consumers to use low cost PCs as media extenders and ...

20. Sandisk announces $15 SlotMusic albums, $20 player

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Wednesday, 15 October 2008

    ... cards without DRM, SlotMusic is an option for those who do not want to download their music, but purchase entire albums and play them in devices such as cellphones. San Jose (CA) – Sandisk today revealed ...

21. Sony’s expands 66-cent-per-song music attack at Apple

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 06 October 2008

    ... its music catalog to Dada.net, which plans to be offering over-the-air DRM-free MP3 tracks. The cost per song is well below iTunes pricing: A 15 song package is sold for $10. New York (NY) – Music industry ...

22. Nokia 5800 XpressMusic: Beating Apple at its own game

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 02 October 2008

    ... models, Comes with Music allows users to keep the tracks they have downloaded even if they don't switch to a paid subscription model. Downloaded tracks are DRM-free. The new Media Bar in the 5800’s user ...

23. MPAA sues Real Networks over RealDVD – and has reason to be upset

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 30 September 2008

    ... other trying to kill it. And while one may be wondering what MPAA executives were drinking before coming up with the idea to sue a DRM-riddled software, a second look reveals why the movie industry ...

24. SlotMusic: Can microSD cards replace audio CDs?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 21 September 2008

    ... cards will soon be sold with preloaded, DRM free music. Los Angeles (CA) – There is little doubt that music downloads will take over most of the audio CD sales volume sooner or later. The music industry ...

25. Microsoft serves Zune 3.0 with free Wi-Fi at McDonald’s

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 16 September 2008

    ... 80% of the tracks on Zune Marketplace are now available as DRM-free MP3s. The service also offers 8500 music videos, 3000 TV show episodes and more than 6000 audio and video podcasts. Microsoft added ...

26. Can Best Buy breathe new life into Napster?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 15 September 2008

    ... to the table, a catalog of about 6 million DRM-free music tracks and 708,000 paying subscribers as of July 31 of this year. There is no question that the Napster brand still attracts attention, even if ...

27. Will Microsoft crash Apple’s iPod party?

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... Zune to its own music store dubbed Zune Marketplace. The service now offers more than 3 million DRM-free songs music videos, audio/video podcasts and TV shows. The Zune Marketplace also features $14.95 ...

28. Kick those DVDs to the curb with Real DVD

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... the Internet.  We’ll see how long it takes hackers to get around this limitation. Drawback: DRM A ripped file cannot be played on another computer unless that computer runs another license of RealDVD ...

29. Another year, another iPod - and maybe a surprise

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 08 September 2008

    ... especially now that other online stores are offering DRM-free music from more labels than the iTunes Store.  ...

30. How the U.S. Olympic swimming relay team compares to Dell’s MP3 player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Tuesday, 12 August 2008

    ... 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. Their customers ...

31. Universal challenges iTunes with free music streaming service

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Friday, 08 August 2008

    ... 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 classics. The label also formed a joint venture ...

32. Rhapsody drops DRM, gives away 100,000 free albums

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Monday, 30 June 2008

      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-length ...

33. WWDC 2008: Last minute round-up

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Sunday, 08 June 2008

    ... this year. But 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. ...

34. Metallica repents, sort of

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Friday, 30 May 2008

    ... 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 complete story here.  ...

35. Napster offers six million DRM-free songs

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Tuesday, 20 May 2008

      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 company launched ...

36. Anticipating the iPod killer

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Opinion)

    Thursday, 01 May 2008

    ... 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 iTunes remains a convincing argument ...

37. iTunes Store turns 5: Can anyone break its dominance?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 29 April 2008

    ... 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 wrong-footed relationship with the music industry and Hollywood. ...

38. Amazon music store not really denting iTunes

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 15 April 2008

    ... year, offering DRM-free MP3 downloads exclusively.  It has managed to get all four major record labels to come on board.  Apple also offers DRM-free tracks, but only from the EMI Music label. ...

39. Apple trademarks App Store icon

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 08 April 2008

    ... hosting services, digital signature (DRM), delivery, billing system and an informative web page that the users will see when researching the application in the App Store. Apple said it will also offer ...

40. Amazon announces international plans for DRM-free music catalog

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 28 January 2008

    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 ...

41. Qtrax to offer 25 million songs for free

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Sunday, 27 January 2008

    ... songs. 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 ...

42. Sony drops DRM on Amazon MP3

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

    Thursday, 10 January 2008

    ... DRM-free music through Amazon’s digital music store. Universal Music Group and EMI had previously made similar announcement. When Sony BMG’s music catalog is added at the end of this month, ...

43. Apple charged with antitrust lawsuit over digital music

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 04 January 2008

    ... the company's digital rights management (DRM) package known as FairPlay. The suit has been filed as a class-action, meaning other Americans could join in, in this case anyone who bought an iPod or ...

44. Sony to distribute DRM-free songs

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 04 January 2008

    Yes, 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 ...

45. Multiple: 2007 top ten lists

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 28 December 2007

    ... to set in. #7 - The death of the iPod. #6 - 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 - ...

46. Apple slices DRM-free iTunes tracks price to 99 cents

    (Software/Software Features)

    Wednesday, 17 October 2007

    After five months of charging users an additional 30 cents to download a straight MP3 track, Apple has decided to bring the prices down to the same as their DRM-ridden counterparts. Cupertino (CA) - ...

47. Oasis, Jamiroquai to follow Radiohead and give album away for free

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 09 October 2007

    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 without ...

48. Amazon opens DRM-free music store

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Brief)

    Tuesday, 25 September 2007

    ... selection of over 2 million DRM-free songs from two of the four major record companies – EMI and Universal – plus thousands of independents. Read the complete story here.  ...

49. Spiral Frog gives free music downloads via ad support

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Monday, 17 September 2007

    A new music downloading service makes 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 ...

50. Real Networks deals with Sonic for DVD burning

    (Software/Software Features)

    Monday, 17 September 2007

    ... Real vice president Jeff Chasen. However, users cannot burn videos if they have DRM (digital rights management) protection. ...