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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]
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]
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]
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]
Consumer groups wage war on Apple DRM
News The second possibility is to license its DRM to other MP3-player manufacturers to enable them to make their kit compatible with iTunes. The four parties - UFC-Que Choisir of France, the... [24 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]
Apple facing court over DRM 'smokescreen'
News Apple has responded to complaints by Norway's consumer watchdog - that it uses unfair practices by making its iTunes service incompatible with rivals systems - by refuting the claims and championing its use of DRM. [03 Aug 2006]
Nordic trio wage war on Apple's DRM
News Apple's DRM has drawn the ire of three Nordic countries, which are accusing the Mac maker of operating illegally by making its music player and iTunes download service incompatible with rivals'. Denmark,... [12 Jun 2006]
France to force Apple to open iPod DRM?
News The law will enshrine the right to interoperability between content and devices, effectively allowing consumers to break or otherwise circumvent DRM and play music on the MP3 player of... [14 Mar 2006]
Creative to make Apple pay over iPod patent
News One Hong Kong-based company, which claims it owns patents to DRM used on the iPod, sought 12 per cent of Apple's revenue on the product, while Microsoft managed to foil Apple's attempts to patent elements of its user... [09 Dec 2005]
UK online music hobbled by high prices
News High prices and digital rights management (DRM) incompatibility are slowing the take up of online music services in the UK, according to analyst IDC. IDC's Armitage also said online music stores need to improve their... [29 Sep 2005]
Leader: Apple work with Microsoft? Let the people decide
Leader From Real sledgehammering its way onto iPods to Microsoft's none-too-subtle suggestions that consumers on the hunt for a new flash music player should avoid getting locked into one online store, DRM has... [07 Apr 2005]
Napster to give users one million songs for under £15
News Robertson has announced his intention to launch a music service with no DRM (digital rights management) restrictions, meaning consumers would be free to buy, burn, share and upload to any number of digital music players. [03 Feb 2005]
Analysis: Can the iPod survive?
Comment But that's a half measure, according to Glaser, who recently quipped that Apple might go the way of the Soviet Union, unless it takes a more liberal stance toward licensing its software, specifically the FairPlay digital rights... [16 Apr 2004]
