Tag: drm
Why Coca-Cola competitions won't convince me to use iTunes for downloading music
Katherine Hannaford writes… Here’s a shocking fact for an early-twenty-something to come out with – I’ve never paid for downloading music. Whilst I do own an iPod (my second, begrudgingly) and even use iTunes to store my ample music collection, I’ve not once been tempted to pay for a song, no matter how inexpensive they are…
Beatles on iTunes? It's not such a big deal
Stuart Dredge writes…
Right now, the Apple online gossip-hounds are distracted by trying to think up more rumours big enough to shave a few billion of the company’s share price. I’ve heard Steve Jobs is about to jump ship to Microsoft to kickstart Zune sales *taps nose*
Amazon to launch DRM-free online music store
Amazon has announced that it is to launch its own digital music store later this year, comprising millions of songs and all free from any DRM copy protection.
EMI goes DRM-free with Apple, but will other record labels follow suit?
Hurrah. So, EMI has announced plans to sell its entire music and video catalogue on iTunes without any DRM protection, from May. I'm assuming this isn't just an Apple thing either, as fellow online music retailer 7digital has already announced…
Tim Berners-Lee speaks out against DRM and for Net Neutrality
Grandfather of the world wide web, Tim Berners-Lee, has appealed to the US Congress to protect the concept of Net Neutrality. He also questioned the value of Digital Rights Management (DRM) He said that it was very important for lawmakers…
British Government says no to digital music DRM ban
Steve Jobs may want to scrap digital rights management (DRM) for digital music – or so he says – but the British government doesn't agree. Blogger Neil Holmes created a petition at the government's e-petitions website asking Tony Blair to…
Interview: Microsoft talks about its new PlayReady DRM technology
At 3GSM this year, Microsoft launched PlayReady, its new ‘content access’ technology for mobile content, including music, video, games, ringtones and wallpapers. In essence, it’s extending Microsoft’s existing Windows Media DRM system to mobile, and expanding it beyond music and…
Steve Jobs and Bill Gates to re-enact "I'm a Mac… I'm a PC" ads at joint conference session
Okay, so they haven't promised exactly that – instead they've merely announced they'll be sharing the stage for an interview session at the Wall Street Journal's 'D: All Things Digital' conference in May. But imagine how cool it would be…
Microsoft PlayReady: brand new DRM for mobile devices
Microsoft have announced that they've been working on yet another Digital Rights Management (DRM) system. PlayReady is a new 'multimedia content access technology optimised to meet the needs of mobile operators and handset manufacturers for digital entertainment and commerce.' In…
Top 10 stories to file alongside Steve Jobs saying DRM is bad
So, digital rights management technology should be abolished, according to Apple's Steve Jobs. That'd be the same Steve Jobs whose company won't let you play iTunes Store downloads on your mobile phone or non-Apple MP3 player. Lumme. Here's ten other…
