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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 are going to get pretty fed-up. [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 executives there slammed Apple... [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 beginning to warm up to the concept of offering... [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 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]
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 in Europe and $1.29 in the... [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 uniting to... [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 Commission (SEC) filing by the Cupertino company. [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 and television is continuing... [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 content but I do not trust them in this area... [10 Nov 2006]
French DRM-busting plan becomes law
News The law now in force is a watered down version of the threatened DRM-cracking legislation. After the debates concluded, however, Ségolène Royal - tipped as a future French President - publicly came out against non-interoperable DRM, issuing a joint... [04 Aug 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]
French DRM-busting law strokes Apple, hurts P2P
News France's controversial copyright law, which had threatened to mandate interoperability between Apple and rival online music players' DRM, has been dealt a major setback with sections of the legislation being ruled unconstitutional. [31 Jul 2006]
