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Re:Viewing 2004: Digital music and DRM
News From iTunes' UK launch and Napster's rebirth to the Creative Commons and piracy, Jo Best looks back at the highlights of 2004 for digital music - and predicts what'll be big in 2005. While the internet has seen its fair share of bandwagon jumping... [17 Dec 2004]
Music: Digital medium on the up
News Russ Crupnick, president of the Music and Movies division at NPD, said in a statement: "The rise of digital listening and storage for music continues unabated this year. An increasing number of people are turning to computers or portable players... [16 May 2005]
Digital music boom: Thank the pirates?
News However, Dyson foresees the digital music market will eventually evolve to look like its high street counterpart, with some heavy consolidation that will eventually leave a few behemoths of the online world catering to the mainstream and some... [01 Dec 2004]
High-street shops get digital music delivery
News Sony Music Entertainment has inked a deal with Red Dot Net to digitally distribute all Sony's back catalogue. The customer can then choose which format they prefer - CD, DVD or digital download to a storage device, and it is made up while they wait. [10 Jun 1999]
Google CIO to join digital music realm
News Haddad says: "It's a digital world and if they [music companies] can't pull the heavyweights in that have been successful in other industries they're never going to get it right for their industry. A spokeperson for EMI Music Group declined to... [03 Apr 2008]
Yahoo! takes two-pronged approach to digital music
News For months, they have also been working to link that technology with the music download store and subscription-based services provided by MusicNet, which also counts AOL and Virgin Digital among its customers. [20 Sep 2004]
Microsoft hacked as digital music row resurfaces
News The hacker was quoted on IT security site Securityfocus.com saying: "What is bad is the use of DRM to restrict the traditional form of music sale. When I buy a piece of music, I expect my traditional fair use rights to the material. [22 Oct 2001]
Universal Music unveils digital music plans
News Universal Music Group, part of Seagram, is set to sell digital music online later this year. The music giant has teamed up with US-based InterTrust Technologies, which will provide the software to deliver and protect computerised information online. [04 May 1999]
Apple users to get their own digital music service
News Apple has previously found itself snubbed by most of the early movie and music subscription services, in part because of its refusal to build strict digital rights management tools into its products. With the iPod, for example, Apple has a synching... [05 Mar 2003]
T-Mobile turns handsets into mini digital music players
News With digital music fans spoilt for choice with a number of recent download service launches, T-Mobile is the latest to try its luck with online music. The starting price for an Ear Tunes handset will be around £30, compared to the hundreds usually... [28 Jun 2004]
Get ready to rent your digital music
News While renting entertainment is more often associated with going down to the video shop, if online song sellers have their way, we could all be paying to rent our digital music - and 'give it back' when we get bored of the service. [02 Dec 2004]
SDMI consortium agrees digital music format
News The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI) consortium has completed the first step in creating a new digital music marketplace. At a meeting in Los Angeles, over 100 companies from the music, consumer electronics and information technology... [30 Jun 1999]
Sony and Universal Music cut cost of digital music
News Universal Music and Sony have cut the price of digital music downloads and said they plan to add features which will allow customers to burn CDs and transfer downloads to portable devices. Universal Music said it will offer tens of thousands of... [13 Jun 2002]
Record bosses worried over digital music profits
News Despite these positive early signs from iTunes and its rival services, consumers are still showing resistance to today’s prevailing market price for digital music, conference attendees said. She said she had never used any of the paid digital music... [09 Dec 2003]
Music lovers: Today is digital download day
News Digital music service OD2 has declared today Digital Download Day - and is marking the occasion with a free offer to music lovers which will enable them to download 50 tracks, absolutely free of charge and all above board. [03 Oct 2002]
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