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Apple’s iCloud punishes honest iTunes users with DRM — Tech News and Analysis
’s iCloud punishes honest iTunes users with DRM - : the gift that keeps taking
Apple  DRM  from twitter_favs
june 2011 by sogrady
Apple’s iCloud punishes honest iTunes users with DRM — Tech News and Analysis
’s iCloud punishes honest iTunes users with DRM - : the gift that keeps taking
DRM  Apple  from twitter_favs
june 2011 by sogrady
EMusic-Sony Deal: One Step Forward, One Big Step Back - PC World
is it good to have Sony? yes. is the pricing still better than iTunes? yes. is this still likely to alienate a good portion of eMusic's customer base? yes.
emusic  sony  pricing  music  drm 
june 2009 by sogrady
RIAA Wins $8K Default Settlement Against Chronically Ill Teen | The Tripwire
think the RIAA is "less evil" now that they have "stopped" suing people? remember this.
riaa  drm  litigation  consumer  copyright  evil 
december 2008 by sogrady
Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
yes, Apple's to blame here, but is it really possible that the movie industry has learned nothing from the record industry? wait, never mind. don't answer that.
wired  macbook  hdcp  drm  interoperability  cripleware 
november 2008 by sogrady
The day the music died [dive into mark]
yup. but according to the RIAA, DRM isn't dead, it's just resting.
music  drm  microsoft  apple  copyright  itunes  business  mp3 
may 2008 by sogrady
Music 2.0 models beginning to work | Future Of Music
and despite that, the music industry continues to fight them
music  drm  businessmodels  riaa 
april 2008 by sogrady
woxy.com > Lounge Acts
if you want to hear a non-Radiohead artist talk about what it's like to distribute their music digitally, listen to the interview with Eric Elbogen in the middle of this WOXY Lounge Act. plus, i like the band.
woxy  sayhi  loungeact  ericelbogen  digital  music  drm 
march 2008 by sogrady
eMusic making good money from back catalog
"The audiobooks were watermarked and Random House monitored file-swapping networks for evidence that eMusic customers were swapping the material. They found almost no piracy, something that Pakman attributes to targeting an older audience."
emusic  economics  longtail  mp3  music  drm  audiobooks 
march 2008 by sogrady
Publishers Phase Out Piracy Protection on Audio Books - New York Times
" 'Our feeling is that D.R.M. is not actually doing anything to prevent piracy,' said Ms. McIntosh of Random House Audio." - finally
drm  audiobooks  piracy  publishing  books  amazon  randomhouse  barnesandnoble 
march 2008 by sogrady
Artists to music labels: Where's our Napster money? | Tech news blog - CNET News.com
i'm shocked - shocked i tell you - that artists might have gotten shortchanged in an exchange with the labels
napster  kazaa  music  riaa  labels  artists  economics  drm 
february 2008 by sogrady
U2 manager calls Safe Harbor a "Thieves' Charter"
"[McGuinness] argues that their safe harbor protection should be taken away through legislation. No word on whether he would make the phone companies and parcel delivery services liable for any infringing uses of their respective networks."
paulmcguinness  industry  music  politics  dmca  drm  isps 
february 2008 by sogrady
Wired News - AP News
"The introduction of MusicPass is an important part of Sony BMG's ongoing campaign to bring its artists' music to fans in new and innovative ways," - Napster, in the 90's, was innovative. the last record company to release non-DRM'd music - in 07 - is not
sony  musicpass  drm  napster  music  delivery 
january 2008 by sogrady
links for 2007-12-29 [on Simon Phipps, SunMink]
"A welcome demise for a customer-hostile, DRM-infested, Windows-only product that no-one could love. Let's hope the movie industry is paying close attention and learning the right lessons from this" - won't hold my breath
drm  wal-mart  movies  online 
december 2007 by sogrady
An Apple fanboy's lament | Perspectives | CNET News.com
"I could buy and own songs and videos that I could use on any player...not just an iPod." - Tim Bray had the right of this eons ago: most consumers have yet to encounter DRM, and when they do they're going to hate it.
timbray  drm  apple  closed 
december 2007 by sogrady
PC World - The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America
AKA - the folks desperately trying to throttle useful innovation so that they are not compelled to adapt in any way, shape or form
business  copyright  culture  patents  technology  drm  via:randy 
december 2007 by sogrady
Universal's CEO Once Called iPod Users Thieves. Now He's Giving Songs Away.
unsurprising portrait of a music industry exec who's technology ignorant, and rather proud of it. if i was a shareholder, i'd be appalled.
sethmnookin  universal  riaa  drm  mp3  music  wired 
november 2007 by sogrady
Convenience Wins, Hubris Loses and Content vs. Context, a Presentation for Some Music Industry Friends at FISTFULAYEN
sanity and common sense from someone in a position to do something about it: outstanding. Jeremy's right, this is a ballsy presentation. the one point i'd emphasize to music execs: this isn't about "preserving" control, b/c you never had it anyway
amazon  businessmodels  control  copyright  music  drm  yahoo  web  nullsoft 
october 2007 by sogrady
Woman Faces The Music, Loses Download Case, Jury Finds Minn. Woman Violated Copyright Law, Orders Her To Pay Record Companies $220K - CBS News
so lawyers from Sony BMG, Arista Records LLC, Interscope Records, UMG Recordings Inc., Capitol Records Inc. and Warner Bros. Records Inc. were victorious in court over a 30 year old Minnesota woman. i'm shocked. shocked, i tell you.
music  drm  riaa  greed 
october 2007 by sogrady
First US trial over illegal music downloads opens
"But her liability for allegedly sharing Godsmack's "Spiral,"....and others could be as high as 150,000 dollars a song if the jury finds "willful" copyright infringement." - you should all know where i come down on this. keep fighting the good fight, lady
riaa  litigation  customers  drm 
october 2007 by sogrady
an epitaph for epitaph at 17 dots
"At a time when the music industry is in such steep decline, our research and experience shows us that consumers are still willing to buy music, provided the value is right. And 99 cents a song is not an acceptable price point..." - or, so long Epitaph
drm  music  pricing  economics  emusic  epitaph 
september 2007 by sogrady
Indie labels plan to pull out of digital service - Yahoo! News
"A handful of independent record labels are poised to launch what they are calling a "revolt" against digital subscription service eMusic" - potentially terrible news for music fans, eMusic subscribers, and artists everywhere
indie  music  labels  eMusic  drm  via:Steve 
may 2007 by sogrady
Lawrence Lessig
i'm no fan of Valenti, nor his actions, but Lessig's eulogy gives me new perspective and respect for someone i only knew through hyperbolean quotes - not to mention respect for Lessig
jackvalenti  lawrencelessig  copyright  drm 
april 2007 by sogrady
The Joy of Sox: MLB.com Downloads: An Update
more validation that DRM's only customer "benefit" is preventing them from consuming content they legitimately purchased
drm  mlb  redsox 
april 2007 by sogrady
The Futurist » Blog Archive » The Internet Royalty Discussion Continues
i'd been wondering how the RIAA's heinous new royalty scheme would affect WOXY.com - the answer? it will kill it. it's amazing how these guys keep finding new ways to inhibit my consumption and purchasing of music
riaa  drm  royalties  streaming  woxy.com  internet  wallstreetjournal  theobserver  thewashingtonpost 
april 2007 by sogrady
WebMink
QoTD: "When we hear the RIAA and their cronies moaning about how downloads are killing their industry, they are right and we are cheering."
simonphipps  drm  riaa  katewalsh  economics  sales 
april 2007 by sogrady
Mark Shuttleworth » Blog Archive » Note to content owners: DRM doesn’t work
"There are some ideas that are broken, but attractive enough to some people that they are doomed to be tried again and again. DRM is one of them." - right in one
markshuttleworth  drm  economics  blu-ray  hd-dvd 
april 2007 by sogrady
Machine Shop » The Only Reason to Use Real Rhapsody
Anthony showed me this at Mashup Camp III; looks pretty sweet if i ever need to go back to mainstream music
drm  rhapsody  yottamusic  anthonyvolodkin  music 
march 2007 by sogrady
Machine Shop » Digital Music Forum East - Day 2
“There are a lot of business models, like selling open MP3 files, that are not proven yet …” - as Anthony says, eMusic apparently missed that memo
drm  mp3  thehypemachine  anthonyvolodkin 
march 2007 by sogrady
Machine Shop » Digital Music Forum East - Day 1
"A quote from Thomas Hesse (President of Global & US Sales of Sony BMG) sums it up well: 'DRM is all about letting the user do things' " - ugh. DRM is all about restricting - MP3 already lets me do whatever i need to
drm  digitalmusic  anthonyvolodkin  hypemachine 
february 2007 by sogrady
Daring Fireball: Command, Option, Control
a lot that i don't agree with in here, but Alex is right - the man does make some good points; you just need to remember that if Thurrott speaks for MSFT, so too does Gruber speak for AAPL
via:Alex  johngruber  drm  jobs  apple  windows 
february 2007 by sogrady
ongoing · Music and DRM
"My feeling is that there’s a large number of people with no, or very few, iTMS tracks on their iPods, and a smaller number with a whole lot. I feel sorry for the latter group." - as i confessed to Tim in CA, i'm in the latter group, but i'm reformed -
drm  Bray  apple  jobs  fairplay  iTunes 
february 2007 by sogrady
Welcome to Yottamusic
just found this via Anthony of Hype Machine fame
hypemachine  rhapsody  music  drm  via:Anthony  saas  webinterface 
january 2007 by sogrady
So sue me » Blog Archive » iHandcuffs
why i stopped by music from iTunes, exhibit A
apple  iTunes  drm  dvdjon  iPhone  fairplay 
january 2007 by sogrady
Want an iPhone? Beware the iHandcuffs - New York Times
"Unlike the four major labels — Universal, Warner Music Group, EMI and Sony BMG — the independents provide eMusic with permission to distribute the music in plain MP3 format." - EMI is considering MP3, maybe the rest will wake up
mp3  riaa  emusic.com  drm  emi  via:Luis 
january 2007 by sogrady
Wired News: Who's Killing MP3 and ITunes?
would that this were true; i can hope, but seems unlikely
mp3  vonbuskirk  sun  apple  riaa  drm 
january 2007 by sogrady
In a Turnabout, Record Industry Releases MP3s - WSJ.com
i wonder if EMI has any artists i like, because i'm all over this; let's not pretend, however, that this is something new - emusic has been doing this with smaller labels for years
emusic  emi  mp3  music  drm 
december 2006 by sogrady
Rough Type: Nicholas Carr's Blog: Curtains for music DRM?
"At heart, digital rights management (DRM) is a business strategy, not a police action. And that strategy may be reaching the end of its natural life." - would that i could believe this
drm  music  carr  iPod  via:Bray  riaa  zune  mp3 
december 2006 by sogrady
Uninnovate.com » Chicago Sun-Times on Microsoft Zune: “It almost becomes important that you encourage people not to buy one”
"Even if the track is inherently free (like a podcast) the Zune wraps it in a DRM scheme that causes the track to self-destruct after three days or three plays, whichever comes first." i hadn't heard this - zero chance i'll get one
zune  drm  microsoft  riaa 
november 2006 by sogrady
So sue me » Blog Archive » Zune FUD
"The 3-play/3-day limit on wireless music sharing is a major handicap, though." - a major handicap as in, he'll fix it? ;)
johansen  dvd  jon  zune  drm  iPod 
october 2006 by sogrady
Monkey Bites
i'm with Michael on this; the offering seems *far* too restrictive to be generally useful - forget the single platform bit, but the relatively arbitrary and rigid rules are too much. iTunes succeeded b/c they didn't have too much of that
amazon  unbox  drm 
september 2006 by sogrady
» Buyer Beware: Verizon Wireless and Sprextel disabling features on handsets they sell | Between the Lines | ZDNet.com
this is one of the big reasons i am no longer with Verizon, and won't go back; Cingular's been great as far as my device goes - can do anything i need to it
cingular  verizon  wireless  drm  lockdown  economics  stupidity 
august 2006 by sogrady
Torvalds critical of new GPL draft | CNET News.com
to be honest, i haven't had time to review the new draft; will do so soonest
gpl  drm  linux  license  draft  community  hardware  torvalds 
july 2006 by sogrady
Yahoo! Music Blog » Buy A Customized MP3 At Yahoo! Music
kudos to Yahoo for recognizing what i consider to be obvious: MP3's actually are a good way to distribute music. i will probably buy (gah) a Jessica Simpson track just to help prove the point.
drm  mp3  music  podcast  riaa  security  trends  yahoo  pricing 
july 2006 by sogrady
Music labels losing sales over DRM
reminds me of Tim Bray's prediction that most people hadn't encountered DRM yet, and when they did they'd hate it - no shock that this is being proven out
drm  music  riaa  sony  rights  sales  ethics  distribution 
november 2005 by sogrady
Boing Boing: Sony insider: DRM is discredited at Sony
here's hoping this proves to be true, but i'm not holding my breath
cd  copyright  drm  podcast  rootkit  software  sony  security 
november 2005 by sogrady
So sue me ‽ Blog Archive ‽ Sony DRM rootkit saga
you've gotta be kidding me - the Sony rootkit fiasco gets worse?
vlc  drm  sony 
november 2005 by sogrady
Why they say spyware is good for you | Perspectives | CNET News.com
how absurd is the legality of technology? it was probably illegal for Sony to install its rootkit, but its probably illegal for users to uninstall it (via Mike)
drm  sony  dmca  spyware 
november 2005 by sogrady
Sony to patch copy-protected CD | CNET News.com
this is, in simple terms, absolutely appalling
drm  sony  rootkit  security 
november 2005 by sogrady
CNN.com - Musicians tell how to beat system - Oct 4, 2005
remember when i mentioned that Switchfoot is telling people how to defeat their CRM? here's an article on the trend
switchfoot  drm  audio  cd  copyright  dmca  ipod  itunes  mp3  riaa 
october 2005 by sogrady
Web 2.0: Conversation with Five Teenagers
interesting insights into the behaviors of teenagers
teenagers  culture  drm  eBay  google  yahoo  myspace  facebook 
october 2005 by sogrady
Cory Doctorow of EFF’s speech to HP
forget what i said about DRM, just listen to Cory
drm  copyright  rights  security  politics  hp  hollywood 
september 2005 by sogrady
CDex :: Downloads
this in theory should get around Sony's DRM
sony  drm  mp3  cd  ripping  opensource  software 
september 2005 by sogrady
message from the band re: copy protection - Topic Powered by Groupee Community
i don't know Switchfoot, but i like these guys already: explaining how to copy their CD's to iPods, defeating the DRM? gotta love it
drm  sony  cd  iPod  technology  riaa  mp3 
september 2005 by sogrady
Sun pushes open-source DRM scheme | The Register
i should be pleased about this, i suppose, b/c if we're going to have DRM, it might as well be open source (and thus workaroundable), but DRM just isn't necessary (yes, i know the RIAA and MPAA think it is, but talk to emusic.com)
cddl  downloads  drm  sun 
august 2005 by sogrady
Slashdot | Longhorn to Require Monitor-Based DRM
no idea on the truth of this or not, but if it is accurate this would likely be a non-starter for me. it'll be a sad day if the reason i can't run an OS is b/c of DRM
drm  longhorn  microsoft 
july 2005 by sogrady
Call Me Fishmeal.: Piracy...
great piece on software piracy; very clear, rational perspective
piracy  drm  software  business-models  revenue 
june 2005 by sogrady
Microsoft Monitor: Got to Catch Some Thought Thieves
couldn't disagree more; this is a terrible idea, IMO, that just furthers notions of MS as anti-sharing, open, etc
drm  ip  copyright  thought-thieves  microsoft 
june 2005 by sogrady
IP Inferno: Open Letter to George Lucas
terrific question, but not, alas, one that's likely to get asked
lucas  starwars  drm  dvd  creativecommons  ip 
june 2005 by sogrady
Chapin Information Services
Yahoo DRM cracked? it's one thing for a per track service to be penetrated, but for the subscription services that's a real problem
subscription  yahoo  drm  music  riaa 
may 2005 by sogrady
Online music market to reach $1 bln in 2005 > Music > IT Facts
*wrong* it's not awareness that's sinking in with consumers, it's *options*
drm  riaa  online  music 
may 2005 by sogrady
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