bit-tech.net - 3/23/2009
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Ad-supported music service SpiralFrog has closed its doors, and users are warned that their songs will be locked after a sixty day grace period as the DRM kicks in.
Apple Adds Still More DRM to iPod Shuffle
eff.org 3/14/2009 — Even as it attacks DRM on music, Apple is continuing to add more DRM to its own hardware (we recently documented all of Apple's various hardware DRM restrictions). The latest example is the new iPod Shuffle . According to the careful reviewers at ...
Interview with Good Old Games' Lukasz Kukawski
techspot.com 10/6/2009 — Good Old Games is just about that, reviving PC gaming classics. Having started with just two publishers and 40 titles backing them up, one year later GoG.com has expanded to include nearly 30 publishers and over 130 games, among which are such ...
Anti-DMCA crusaders fight for the right to crack DRM
arstechnica.com 5/1/2009 —
Every three years, the US Copyright Office reviews the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's most controversial section—the ban on circumventing DRM, even for legal uses. The Copyright Office has the authority to issue three-year ...
iTunes to Go DRM-Free: Report
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 1/6/2009 — Reports from two different media outlets indicate that iTunes is going to expand its offering of DRM-free music to all four major music labels, and that an announcement will be forthcoming this week (possibly / probably during today's keynote). ...
FTC: We'll "come calling" about deceptive DRM
arstechnica.com 3/25/2009 —
The Federal Trade Commission kicked off its big DRM conference in Seattle Wednesday morning by saying that the goal was not to "take sides" over the question of whether DRM is good or bad—but the conference nevertheless opened with ...
iTunes DRM-free upgrades are now available track-by-track
techreport.com 1/29/2009 — Apple has quietly updated its DRM upgrade policy on iTunes. According to iLounge, folks wishing to strip digital rights management protection from their songs no longer have to convert their entire music library—they can now do it track by ...
Waiting for a DRM-Free iTunes
technologyexpert.blogspot.com 12/9/2008 — There are Apple rumors that never seem to die, amd a DRM-free iTunes is one of them. According to French site Electron Libre , Apple is set to add DRM-free music from Sony BMG, Warner Music, and Universal Music to its catalog, starting Tuesday. EMI ...
Microsoft announces DRM deal
bit-tech.net 4/3/2009 — Microsoft has announced a deal with PacketVideo that will see PlayReady DRM bundled with mobile devices running Android, Linux, and Symbian.
Landmark study: DRM truly does make pirates out of us all
arstechnica.com 5/28/2009 —
It's a well-known story by now: Europe, the US, and plenty of other countries have made it generally illegal to circumvent DRM, even when users want to do something legal with the content. Sure, it sounds bad and Ars complains about it ...
Vodafone ditches DRM on music
bit-tech.net 3/13/2009 — Mobile provider Vodafone has announced it is to switch all of its music download services to the DRM-free MP3 format, starting this summer with the UK.
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