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Comment People have long trumpeted digital rights management (DRM) technology. Revenues will grow from around $9bn in 2003 to $39bn in 2007 but this revenue growth is dependent on DRM being in place. Ovum senior analyst Michele MacKenzie sheds some light...
[10 Jul 2003]
whitepaper This paper has tried to demonstrate that the DRM standard is now on a successful course to reach, in the proper time window, its very ambitious original objective, a world-wide Digital Standard for radio broadcasting in the AM bands in less than 3...
[24 Feb 2004]
whitepaper The DRM Consortium has now completed work on the technical standard which describes the "Signal on Air". Digital Radio Mondiale is a new system for digital broadcasting below 30MHz. This is an open standard which has now been published by ETSI as a...
[24 Feb 2004]
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) has told MPs that companies are threatening civil liberties through their use of digital rights management (DRM) and has called for legislation to regulate its use.
[18 Jan 2006]
News Last week, Microsoft declared Windows Media Player's method of handling DRM licences wasn't a security flaw, and said they wouldn't be issuing a patch. Antivirus company Panda Software warned last week that hackers are using the player's DRM tool...
[20 Jan 2005]
News An inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (Apig) into the issues surrounding digital rights management (DRM) has extended its deadline for submissions from the public due to popular demand, it claims.
[12 Jan 2006]
News When Apple CEO Steve Jobs issued his open letter calling for an end to DRM, Microsoft said the total abolition of such protections would be irresponsible, since they are needed for subscription music and other new business models.
[05 Apr 2007]
News The French parliament has passed a law that had initially threatened to outlaw the use of non-interoperable digital rights management (DRM) - a mechanism to control the use of music and other software.
[03 Jul 2006]
News I also don't necessarily like DRM myself," Torvalds wrote on the 'Linux-kernel' mailing list. In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused email list, he outlined a controversial proposal: Nothing in the basic rules for the Linux operating system...
[25 Apr 2003]
whitepaper DRM technology has emerged as a measure to protect the copyright of content owners and to facilitate the consumption of digital content governed by specific rules. This white paper provides an overview of DRM technology along with one of the key...
[26 Jul 2005]
News At the moment, Microsoft is taking a two-pronged technical and legal approach to FairUse4WM that goes beyond the scope of its earlier DRM battles. Analysts say "Viodentia" hasn't proved Microsoft's DRM tools are fundamentally flawed but has shown...
[27 Sep 2006]
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]
News Apple's proprietary DRM technology may have survived allegations of anti-competitiveness and even government attempts at intervention in the past two years but it seems one software engineer has found a way to crack the iTunes code.
[25 Oct 2006]
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]
News An awareness day to highlight the fight against digital rights management (DRM) will be held on 3 October. Organised by DefectiveByDesign.org, a sub-group of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Anti-DRM day will involve a "worldwide day of action...
[04 Sep 2006]
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]
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]
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, Norway and Sweden have all agreed to tackle...
[12 Jun 2006]
News The record label has agreed to compensate buyers of CDs that contained the XCP and MediaMax DRM programs and to provide software utilities to allow consumers to uninstall both types of software from their computer.
[03 Jan 2006]
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]
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