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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... [03 Jun 2009]
Palm shows its hand with Pre features
News They've gotten rid of the DRM. In one of the more anticipated chats at the D: All Things Digital conference, Palm executive chairman Jon Rubinstein showed off the Palm Pre and talked about several features of the... [29 May 2009]
Apple strips the DRM out of iTunes
News Instead, the music retailer secured licences that will enable users to upgrade their existing DRM-wrapped music and strip it of the controversial software - but it's going to cost them. For an additional 30 cents per... [07 Jan 2009]
UK record industry in illegal file-sharing crackdown
News Benn said: "We have now got to a stage where people are replacing those first-generation MP3 players and if they are unable to listen to their recordings because they are bound to a particular DRM they... [27 Mar 2008]
Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News She said the company began scaling back its DRM efforts last year in order to throw more resources at improving the Zune. Not only is the company one of the major providers of digital rights management software but... [03 Oct 2007]
Amazon to open DRM-less digital song store
News The ecommerce giant has announced it intends to offer songs from more than 12,000 record labels in the MP3 format, without the controversial digital rights management (DRM) software. Record labels are... [16 May 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Why mobile DRM must die
Comment The brave new world of DRM-free music is in its infancy but it will surely have implications for mobile music. The sun has not long set on the announcement between Apple and EMI that saw the record company's catalogue... [01 May 2007]
Leader: Why we keep our eye on the iPod
Leader Think of the arguments over DRM - the iPod became central to rows over digital rights management and then for the music industry's decision to dump its self-imposed restrictions on digital content. DRM... [11 Apr 2007]
Minority Report: Should Apple set its music free?
Comment Apple's decision to sell music without DRM is certainly risky. Apple sold a lot of iPods off the back of the FairPlay arrangement so it was in its interest to support DRM-locked content. That Apple was... [11 Apr 2007]
Apple to sell DRM-free music through iTunes
News Apple and EMI have announced they have taken the first steps towards DRM-free digital music - but only for those who are prepared to pay extra. Individual restriction-free songs will be available for 99p in the UK, €1.29... [02 Apr 2007]
Watchdog hits back at Jobs' DRM dream
News One of the European regulators slammed in Steve Jobs' open letter on DRM has hit back, rebutting the Apple chief's position that music companies and not hardware makers are responsible for locking systems down. [07 Feb 2007]
Consumer groups wage war on Apple DRM
News The four parties - UFC-Que Choisir of France, the Federation of German Consumers Groups and the ombudsmen from Finland and Norway, which have all previously started legal action against Apple in their respective countries - are now... [24 Jan 2007]
Apple reveals new front in iTunes battle
News The legal war on DRM that prevents songs bought from Apple's iTunes Store from being transferred to non-Apple MP3 players has opened on a new front, according to the latest Securities and Exchange... [03 Jan 2007]
Microsoft pays Universal for 'iPod killer' sales
News Despite this figure 60 per cent of content providers are yet to invest in digital rights Management (DRM), which could alleviate the problem. SafeNet managing director Simon Blake-Wilson said the demand for online music... [10 Nov 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: Why I won't buy an iPhone
Comment Then there's the DRM, or digital rights management for those that aren't up on that acronym. Apple's DRM is, well, awful. I know Apple isn't stupid and probably won't put copy protection on my PIM-type... [10 Nov 2006]
