Microsoft PlaysForSurelyNot
Remember this rumor? bq.To attract current iPod users Microsoft is going to let you download for free any songs you’ve already bought from the iTunes Music Store. They’ll actually scan iTunes for...
View ArticleMPAA Dreams
Different people have different ideas about what makes something “ideal.” bq.Just because you buy a DVD to watch at home doesn’t give you the right to invite friends over to watch it too. That’s a...
View ArticlePurpose of DRM
bq.DRM’s sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights so that they can sell them back to you. – Ken Fisher This isn’t anything new. bq.There is no right in the copyright law to make...
View ArticleMusic without DRM
Reports are popping up all over that the major record companies are cautiously gearing up to sell music in MP3 format, without any DRM (anti-copying) technology. This was the buzz at the recent Midem...
View ArticleJobs on DRM and Music
bq.Today’s most popular iPod holds 1000 songs, and research tells us that the average iPod is nearly full. This means that only 22 out of 1000 songs, or under 3% of the music on the average iPod, is...
View ArticleInteroperable DRM
bq.DRM is bad, but if we must have it, make it interoperable. Microsoft is willing to license Windows Media to Apple. Apple should be willing to license FairPlay as well. It’s that simple. We can talk...
View ArticleThe Day the DRM Died
bq.EMI will offer songs without DRM, iTunes is first partner. Songs will be encoded at 256k and sold at $1.29 per song, $0.30 more per song than the current price. These will be offered along side the...
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I ran into one of those Internet changing events last night. bq.Digg.com users, very upset at the news aggregate site for deleting articles containing an encryption key that could be used to crack the...
View ArticleNBC v. Apple
One questions that arose the other day in the Apple-NBC Kerfluffle was the demand that NBC wanted more copy protection. bq.NBC Universal also wants iTunes to stiffen anti-piracy provisions so computer...
View ArticleAudioBooks on the Zune
It took them two years, but Microsoft finally figured out that the ability to support for their own DRM is an area where they might have a definitive advantage over the iPod. One new media type that...
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