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Microsoft Zune gets a makeover
News Microsoft has unveiled the second generation of Zune digital music players and will offer consumers one million unprotected songs on its online music store. Microsoft then reversed itself in April, saying it would eventually sell unprotected songs... [03 Oct 2007]
Upwardly Mobile: Why mobile DRM must die
Comment As well as opening up said tunes to rival MP3 players, it has made the songs available to other phones too, presumably. The upshot of which is, with a little bit of fiddly sideloading, consumers can now get the music they want without the digital... [01 May 2007]
Minority Report: Should Apple set its music free?
Comment Speaking at the event, Jobs said he expected more than half the songs on iTunes to be sold without DRM, or digital rights management, by the end of the year, adding that the company will "reach out to all the major and independent labels to give... [11 Apr 2007]
Apple to sell DRM-free music through iTunes
News But the Apple boss has no intention of dumping digital rights management in its entirety, saying the cheaper, DRM-hobbled songs are necessary for those with shallower pockets. According to Jobs, the decision to sell songs free of DRM is something... [02 Apr 2007]
Sony BMG faces ongoing rootkit fallout
News The latest example came this week with reports that Amazon.com is preparing to launch a music download site featuring DRM-free songs. Sony BMG, which Sony operates jointly with Bertelsmann Music Group, agreed earlier this week to pay $1.5m in fines... [21 Dec 2006]
Upwardly Mobile: Why I won't buy an iPhone
Comment I've spent hours of my life convincing iTunes I should be allowed to play songs I either ripped from lawfully bought CDs or purchased from Apple itself on my laptop or my iPod. Then there's the DRM, or digital rights management for those that aren... [10 Nov 2006]
Microsoft grapples with mystery DRM cracker
News For more than a month, Redmond has been combating a program released online called FairUse4WM, which successfully stripped anti-copying guards from songs downloaded through subscription media services such as Napster or Yahoo! [27 Sep 2006]
Apple slams French kiss of death for DRM
News France's lower house of parliament passed a law on Tuesday that would require digital content providers to share details of their rights management technologies with rivals.iTunes songs are protected by Apple's FairPlay technology and are... [23 Mar 2006]
Napster hack opens up music
News The news is the latest wrinkle in a long-running technological arms race between hackers and media companies that has helped keep digital media, from DVDs to downloadable songs, from settling into stable markets. [16 Feb 2005]
Napster founder unveils new P2P venture
At the core of Snocap's offering is audio "fingerprinting" technology licensed from Philips Royal Labs and used to identify songs being traded on a network by their unique audio characteristics. Universal Music Group, for example, is already... [03 Dec 2004]
Napster founder turns middleman
News At the core of Snocap's offering is audio "fingerprinting" technology licensed from Philips Royal Labs and used to identify songs being traded on a network by their unique audio characteristics. Universal Music Group, for example, is already... [03 Dec 2004]
BT to power Robbie Williams' back end
News The rights holders will be able to determine the licences - what songs can be downloaded, how many buyers can play them before and after purchasing, what media customers can burn their songs to and what digital formats the songs can be played on. [23 Nov 2004]
Microsoft pays $440m in latest settlement
News Digital rights management technology is intended to protect content such as songs and videos from being copied illegally. Microsoft ended another long-standing legal dispute on Monday, announcing a $440m settlement and licensing deal with... [13 Apr 2004]
RealNetworks to launch digital song store
News Sources said the new store will be based on the Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) format - as are the songs in Apple's rival service - but wrapped in RealNetworks' own Helix digital rights management technology. [06 Jan 2004]
Apple unveils online music store
News The songs cost 99 cents each to download, with no subscription fee, and include the most liberal copying rights of any online service to date. Until it was shut down in 2001, Napster allowed people to download songs at no cost from other PCs... [29 Apr 2003]
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