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Comment Giving one the green light but not the other would be difficult - yet okaying Real's app may be a less than palatable decision for Apple given the animosity that developed between Apple and Real in the... [03 Sep 2009]
Minority Report: Can Palm Pre beat the iPhone?
Comment Apple didn't tolerate the hacking influences of Real when it tried to break Apple's DRM technology for its own commercial benefit. Palm is challenging Apple in the... [08 Jul 2009]
A new media world: Napster's 10-year anniversary
Comment Why did SDMI and all attempts at encrypted DRM have to be the alternative? Their new offering which offers consumers a month of free streaming if they buy a certain number of DRM-free MP3 downloads is... [03 Jun 2009]
Palm shows its hand with Pre features
News They've gotten rid of the DRM. Rubinstein, when asked whether iTunes maker Apple will be unhappy with the feature. Apple have] gotten much more open," he said. Rubinstein did acknowledge... [29 May 2009]
Photos: Apple gets to iWork at Macworld
Photo He unveiled updates to many Apple products, including a 17-inch MacBook Pro and DRM-free songs in iTunes. Apple's senior vice president of worldwide product marketing, Phil Schiller,... [07 Jan 2009]
Apple strips the DRM out of iTunes
News As of yesterday, Apple will offer eight million DRM-free songs and will add another two million by April. Instead, the music retailer secured licences that will enable users to upgrade their existing... [07 Jan 2009]
BBC iPlayer gets portable with Windows Media
News So far the Beeb has only fully tested iPlayer with the Archos, Philips, Samsung and Sony gadgets but the broadcaster said iPlayer should also work on other devices that support Windows Media DRM content. [10 Oct 2008]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Multi-national label EMI sells tracks DRM-free through Apple's iTunes catalogue while Warner, Sony/BMG and Universal offer unprotected songs on Amazon's US site. Benn said: "We have now got to a stage... [27 Mar 2008]
Minority Report: 12 months that changed Apple
Comment A month or so later, in a move that Jobs described as the "next big step forward in the digital music revolution", EMI and Apple made a joint announcement that the label would start selling DRM-free... [21 Dec 2007]
Windows XP Hacks: Convert From Apple iTunes Format
White Paper This part of the paper will show how to strip the Digital Rights Management (DRM) features from the purchased music so that one can choose the time and place one listens to the music. The iTunes software itself is a... [10 Oct 2007]
Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News In May, Apple announced it had partnered with record company EMI to sell DRM-free music on iTunes. Not only is the company one of the major providers of digital rights management software but executives... [03 Oct 2007]
Windows Live to arrive on Nokia handsets
News Earlier this month, Nokia also said it had licensed Microsoft's PlayReady mobile DRM technology. As for whether it would develop any sites tailored for Apple's iPhone, Berkowitz said: "If the iPhone were... [23 Aug 2007]
Data breach fears over iTunes songs
News DRM is also restrictive, telling you how many times you can play a song or which device it can be played on. Apple is in trouble with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) for embedding customer... [04 Jun 2007]
Apple to lecture iPod lovers
News In other Mac-related news, Apple has also launched its DRM-free iTunes Plus service so customers can download tracks from music label EMI's track listings without any restrictions on the type of music... [31 May 2007]
Amazon to open DRM-less digital song store
News Apple is expected to offer the label's DRM-free music beginning this month at $1.29 per song, versus DRM-protected music for 99 cents per song. The ecommerce giant has announced it... [16 May 2007]
