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NBC and Microsoft want to lock down your Zune so you can only play "allowed" content

"Apple refused to cooperate with NBC on building filters into its iPod player to remove pirated movies and videos. Microsoft, by contrast, will accept NBC’s pricing scheme and will work with it to try to develop a copyright “cop” to be installed on

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may 2008 by jimray

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If you bought anything from MSN Music, better listen to it before August 2008

"If you attempt to transfer your songs to additional computers after August 31, 2008, those songs will not successfully play." This totally bodes well for Zune. No, seriously, I'm sure it'll be fine.

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april 2008 by jimray

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Sony is the last big four record label to abandon DRM

Yay, the future just might not suck after all!

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january 2008 by jimray

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iTunes Plus launches

DRM-free 256kbps encoded AAC files from the iTunes store. I guess this would be cool if I still *bought* music (kidding! don't sue me RIAA!)

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may 2007 by jimray

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Amazon going DRM-free, too

Not sure if this'll make me give up my emusic subscription

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may 2007 by jimray

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Music wants to be free

The Economist on Jobs' DRM shot across the bow. Smartly points out that a) this is a bold move for the industry leader to effectively kill a competitive advantage and b) the iPod/iTunes combo is still the best in the biz, with our without DRM

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february 2007 by jimray

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Apple - Thoughts on Music

Steve Jobs on the state of online music, downloads and DRM. One of his lackey's should've highlighted the word "DRMs" though because it has a sort of Ted Stevens-esque quality to it.

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february 2007 by jimray

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Record Labels Contemplate Unrestricted Digital Music

Seems like someone is finally realizing that DRM and interoperability are, as Gruber says, mutually exclusive

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january 2007 by jimray

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Universal and Sony prohibit Zune sharing for certain artists

Yeah, you can fault the record companies for this, but why the fuck did Microsoft even make this an option at encode time?

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january 2007 by jimray

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Quickest Patch Ever

Microsoft patches DRM faster than it patches security holes. A bit misleading, IMO, given that it's probably a great deal easier to fix this one bug than the myriad holes scattershout throughout Windows XP, but an interesting point nonetheless.

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september 2006 by jimray

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QTFairUse6 strips FairPlay DRM from iTunes 6 ITMS files

I can finally go back to buying music from iTunes again

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FairUse4WM strips Windows Media DRM!

Yeah, but then you have a bunch of unencrypted WMA files lying around. Who wants that?

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august 2006 by jimray

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DRM debate debunked

IPac takes a look at the WSJ debate over DRM

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june 2006 by jimray

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Deauthorizing all iTunes computers

There's now a command that will let you deauthorize all of the random computers you may have once used to log into the iTunes store. Handy.

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february 2006 by jimray

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Real to offer Web-based version of Rhapsody

If this works with my Roku, I'm signing up tonight

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december 2005 by jimray

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I Heart Rootkit | The T-Shirt

Brilliant

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november 2005 by jimray

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Wired News: Real Story of the Rogue Rootkit

Wired's online content has really suffered of late, but this is truly great analysis from one of the best in the industry

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november 2005 by jimray

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Microsoft to remove Sony malware from PCs

I'm still not buying an X-box, but good for Microsoft

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november 2005 by jimray

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Sony DRM rootkit not just for Windows, Mac users get to share the love

At what point does Sony realize that becoming a media company was the biggest mistake they could have ever made?

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november 2005 by jimray

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Mossberg on DRM

One problem with Walt's grocery store analogy - unlike record labels, there aren't just four grocery stores in the world who work in conjunction with one another to fix prices and generally screw over customers at every opportunity.

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HOWTO Rip DVD Movies To Your iPod Using Free Software

That took almost no time - God bless Mark Pilgrim

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october 2005 by jimray

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Harvey Danger' releases latest album as non-DRMed MP3's

Totally rad

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september 2005 by jimray

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EFF: The Customer Is Always Wrong: A User's Guide to DRM in Online Music

Why I don't buy DRM music any more

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Hollywood, Microsoft align on new Windows

Alternate headline: Microsoft tells future customers to grab their ankles

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august 2005 by jimray

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Dave Matthews begs Apple to use shitty Windows Media DRM

Yet another reason I stopped listening to Dave Matthews (even though the CD supposedly works fine on a Mac). You know, instead of bitching about Apple, the band could do the right thing and simply not use DRM.

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august 2005 by jimray

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Hilary Rosen to Steve Jobs: open up iTMS's DRM

The irony of Rosen complaining about consumer choice when she presided over the RIAA during the years when every major record label was indicted on fraud and price fixing

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may 2005 by jimray

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Macromedia - ServiceNote : Upgrading Macintosh OS X v10.3.9 to Mac OS X v10.4 "Tiger"

How to reactivate your legally bought software when you upgrade to Tiger. This is why I just download a crack for my software that requires activation, and also why I strip the DRM from iTunes Music files.

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april 2005 by jimray

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'DVD Jon' reopens iTunes backdoor | CNET News.com

Well, that didn't take long

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march 2005 by jimray

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iTunes Music Store locks out DRM-free purchases

Apple closes the "security hole" that let PyMusique in

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march 2005 by jimray

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Buy DRM-free songs from the iTunes Music Store

PyMusique is a python client that downloads iTMS tracks without the DRM (linux/windows only for now)