DRM
RSS DRMUK online music gears up for a price war
News Digital rights management (DRM) helps content owners ensure their content isn't pirated. According to the latest research from Meta Group, only 20 per cent of companies who offer content will be using the... [05 Apr 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.02.04
Round-Up Considering the iTunes Music Store endorses a rival DRM standard to Microsoft things could change for Bill if Jobs takes over from current Disney chairman and CEO Michael Eisner, as has been suggested, even now Comcast... [13 Feb 2004]
Through the fog... The digital home
Comment However, assuming we get the technology sorted out in terms of physical media, network transports, media formats, streaming protocols and DRM, so content flows seamlessly across disparate devices (a big assumption),... [07 Nov 2003]
Broadband revolution under threat from piracy
News These include urgently looking into ways of developing "effective measures for enforcing intellectual property rights", and actively promoting "the development and spread of global DRM-related standards". [25 Jul 2003]
The Ovum View: DRM - protecting content and revenues
Comment People have long trumpeted digital rights management (DRM) technology. Revenues will grow from around $9bn in 2003 to $39bn in 2007 but this revenue growth is dependent on DRM being in place. Ovum senior... [10 Jul 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Voice over Palm, outsourcing in finance and DRM trailblazers
Comment SealedMedia's recent announcement of its new document security solution, SealedMedia 2.6, was interesting because it highlights that the original expectations of digital rights management (DRM) were flawed. [09 Jun 2003]
Sony unit to trial content with a 'consume by' date
News The firm has incorporated a DRM (digital rights management) technology from software maker Japan Wave which makes copying impossible, the report said. So-net's approach to DRM is part of a growing effort... [30 May 2003]
Apple unveils online music store
News Jobs has been an outspoken opponent of so-called digital rights management (DRM) in the past, arguing that limitations on digital music will undermine the market for legitimate content. Apple Computer on Monday unveiled... [29 Apr 2003]
DRM doesn't keep Linus Torvalds awake at night
News I also don't necessarily like DRM myself," Torvalds wrote on the 'Linux-kernel' mailing list. In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused email list, he outlined a controversial proposal: Nothing in the basic rules for the... [25 Apr 2003]
RealNetworks bids to simplify digital rights management
News The Seattle-based software company is unveiling Helix DRM, digital rights management technology designed to be format-agnostic protection for the delivery of content to PCs, home appliances and mobile devices. [09 Jan 2003]
Kylie Minogue: All yours for £4.99 per month
News All tracks are protected by digital rights management (DRM) encryption, which means people downloading files will be unable to email them to friends or burn them onto CD themselves. High street music retailer HMV is to... [28 Aug 2002]
WHSmith.co.uk targets digital downloads
News The site will be based on the technology of digital media specialist OverDrive, and will use Microsoft's Windows Media audio, video and digital rights management (DRM) technology. WHSmith is set to expand its e-tail site... [14 Mar 2002]
The Bloor Perspective: The Microsoft settlement, the NTL challenge, and SLAs
Comment Further to that, the API directive comes with a caveat that excludes cases that might "compromise the security of anti-privacy, anti-virus, licensing, DRM encryption and authentication systems". The settlement of the... [12 Nov 2001]
Carry on regardless: BT's attitude to hacked Microsoft software
News An anonymous hacker using the name Beale Screamer posted the source code and DOS utility needed to break the version two of Microsoft's DRM software on the internet. He said: "This sort of hacking will continue to happen... [23 Oct 2001]
Microsoft hacked as digital music row resurfaces
News A hacker has broken Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system which is designed to protect the copyright of audio files. An anonymous hacker using the name Beale Screamer claims to have broken the Version-2 of... [22 Oct 2001]
