drm in comment and analysis
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 tracks on the iTunes Store. [21 Dec 2007]
Q&A: Ashley Highfield, head of BBC's Future Media and Technology unit
Comment The BBC is not wedded to DRM or any form of DRM. The launch of the iPlayer, however, hasn't been without controversy - attracting criticism for the delay in Mac and Linux versions and restrictive digital rights management (DRM). [30 Oct 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 emerge on iTunes DRM-free, yet... [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 has long been a monkey on the back of digital... [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 prepared to advocate a DRM-less utopia is... [11 Apr 2007]
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 content but I do not trust them in this area... [10 Nov 2006]
Leader: Apple off the DRM hook?
Leader The French parliament has approved a controversial change to the country's copyright law, called Dadvsi, which has been defanged so as not to cause much discomfort to Apple and other companies such as Microsoft and Sony that distribute digital... [03 Jul 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Life after DRM doesn't look so bad
Comment If there were a competitive market in DRM schemes, then the charges made by technology providers would be driven down. Digital rights management (DRM) is a curious area of technology. The whole question of DRM seems to involve a highly dismissive... [14 Feb 2006]
Q&A: Adobe CEO Bruce Chizen
Comment DRM and rights management more generally with issues such as 'digital leakage' of documents is a hot area right now. But how come you have this piracy problem - we thought you were the DRM experts? With the deal rubber-stamped in the US and on the... [09 Nov 2005]
Devil's Advocate: Plutocracy not democracy
Comment It is, therefore, disappointing that the one significant movement within IT that challenges the DRM trend is poorly represented. Yet the pace and viability of the whole IT business now depends on the success of open source in combating the... [27 Sep 2005]
Radioactive: Set our mobile content free
Comment They are particularly keen to have their views heard on the issues of reformatting content for mobile, digital rights management (DRM), revenue share, billing and mobile advertising. Mobile operators are for the most part giving up on their... [06 Jul 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Does DRM make sense for business?
Comment It offers facilities such as time limits on documents, ensuring the expiry of guidelines or allowing a certain number of accesses, entering into the realms of more consumer-oriented DRM. The interest in digital rights management (DRM) technology in... [02 Jun 2005]
Is BBC trumping Hollywood with free video?
Comment The only restriction on the content is digital rights management (DRM) protection to prevent it being played beyond seven days from its original broadcast date. Many technologies introduced in the last 20 years have had the potential for abuse... [19 May 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 been a battleground for digital music... [07 Apr 2005]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.09.04
Round-Up It got so upset at being snubbed it took it upon itself to hack Apple's DRM technology. "I play golf with friends sometimes, but there are never friendly games. So spoke the late, great golfing legend Ben Hogan of the greatest/silliest game ever... [10 Sep 2004]
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