RIAA Wins $8K Default Settlement Against Chronically Ill Teen | The Tripwire
december 2008 by sogrady
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
CyberOne: Law in the Court of Public Opinion » RIAA v. Joel Tenenbaum
december 2008 by sogrady
fighting the good fight
tenenbaum
riaa
music
law
copyright
drm
privacy
december 2008 by sogrady
Apple Bends to Studios, Adds Copyright Protection to MacBooks | Gadget Lab from Wired.com
november 2008 by sogrady
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
Music 2.0 models beginning to work | Future Of Music
april 2008 by sogrady
and despite that, the music industry continues to fight them
music
drm
businessmodels
riaa
april 2008 by sogrady
woxy.com > Lounge Acts
march 2008 by sogrady
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
Capturing The Demand Curve « Cheaper than therapy
march 2008 by sogrady
good piece on NIN's economic model for it's release
economics
music
drm
nin
trentreznor
via:david
march 2008 by sogrady
eMusic making good money from back catalog
march 2008 by sogrady
"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
march 2008 by sogrady
" '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
U2 manager calls Safe Harbor a "Thieves' Charter"
february 2008 by sogrady
"[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
From today, feel free to download another 25 million songs - legally - Times Online
january 2008 by sogrady
in a proprietary format that phones home. yeah, i can't wait.
music
mp3
qtrax
p2p
filesharing
drm
january 2008 by sogrady
Wired News - AP News
january 2008 by sogrady
"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]
december 2007 by sogrady
"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
december 2007 by sogrady
"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
december 2007 by sogrady
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.
november 2007 by sogrady
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
october 2007 by sogrady
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
october 2007 by sogrady
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
october 2007 by sogrady
"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
september 2007 by sogrady
"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
New iPods reengineered to block synching with Linux - Boing Boing
september 2007 by sogrady
"I guess my next player won't be an iPod after all." - <sigh> same here
ipod
drm
linux
compatibility
corydoctorow
via:simon
apple
competition
dmca
itunes
september 2007 by sogrady
Microsoft's WGA servers down, everyone's a pirate today - Engadget
august 2007 by sogrady
one of many reasons i detest product activation schemes
microsoft
productactivation
drm
august 2007 by sogrady
Luis Villa’s Blog / GPL v3, the Q&A: part 2- developers
june 2007 by sogrady
part 2 in Luis' excellent GPLv3 analysis
luisvilla
gplv3
Q&A
analysis
developers
opensource
licensing
gpl
fsf
sflc
patents
drm
june 2007 by sogrady
Indie labels plan to pull out of digital service - Yahoo! News
may 2007 by sogrady
"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
april 2007 by sogrady
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
april 2007 by sogrady
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
april 2007 by sogrady
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
The Joy of Sox: A Potential Huge Problem With MLB's Digital Download Service
april 2007 by sogrady
<sigh> another DRM horror story, this time with MLB
redsox
drm
mlb
april 2007 by sogrady
WebMink
april 2007 by sogrady
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
april 2007 by sogrady
"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
march 2007 by sogrady
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
march 2007 by sogrady
“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
february 2007 by sogrady
"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
february 2007 by sogrady
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
february 2007 by sogrady
"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
So sue me » Blog Archive » Steve’s Thoughts on Music
february 2007 by sogrady
DVD Jon deconstructs Jobs DRM statements
dvdjon
drm
jobs
aple
iTunes
iPod
fairplay
february 2007 by sogrady
Welcome to Yottamusic
january 2007 by sogrady
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
january 2007 by sogrady
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
january 2007 by sogrady
"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?
january 2007 by sogrady
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
december 2006 by sogrady
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?
december 2006 by sogrady
"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”
november 2006 by sogrady
"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
» It's true: The Zune is incompatible with Vista | All about Microsoft | ZDNet.com
november 2006 by sogrady
does this not say everything you need to know about DRM?
microsoft
drm
zune
vista
november 2006 by sogrady
So sue me » Blog Archive » Zune FUD
october 2006 by sogrady
"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
september 2006 by sogrady
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
august 2006 by sogrady
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
Yahoo! Music Blog » Buy A Customized MP3 At Yahoo! Music
july 2006 by sogrady
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
Boing Boing: Copyright maximalist troll gets screwed by DRM
april 2006 by sogrady
serves him right
copyright
drm
april 2006 by sogrady
James Governor's MonkChips: iTunes sucks: Use eMusic instead
january 2006 by sogrady
totally agree: emusic rocks
Emusic.com
drm
governor
january 2006 by sogrady
James Governor's MonkChips: What about My Copy Rights? Towards a declaration of digital independence.
january 2006 by sogrady
great post from my colleague on DRM: where are my rights indeed?
drm
iTunes
copyright
artists
royalties
economics
berlind
january 2006 by sogrady
Music labels losing sales over DRM
november 2005 by sogrady
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
So sue me ‽ Blog Archive ‽ Sony DRM rootkit saga
november 2005 by sogrady
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
november 2005 by sogrady
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
november 2005 by sogrady
this is, in simple terms, absolutely appalling
drm
sony
rootkit
security
november 2005 by sogrady
Personal Technology -- Personal Technology from The Wall Street Journal.
october 2005 by sogrady
wow, something Mossberg and i actually agree on - and it's DRM, no less
apple
copyright
critique
drm
microsoft
piracy
technology
ideas
copyprotected
october 2005 by sogrady
CNN.com - Musicians tell how to beat system - Oct 4, 2005
october 2005 by sogrady
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
Cory Doctorow of EFF’s speech to HP
september 2005 by sogrady
forget what i said about DRM, just listen to Cory
drm
copyright
rights
security
politics
hp
hollywood
september 2005 by sogrady
CDex :: Downloads
september 2005 by sogrady
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
september 2005 by sogrady
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
august 2005 by sogrady
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
Call Me Fishmeal.: Piracy...
june 2005 by sogrady
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
june 2005 by sogrady
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
Alex Bosworth's Weblog: Copyright Control Conflicts
june 2005 by sogrady
thank god for digital cameras and photo printers
drm
copyright
wal-mart
digital
camera
ip
creativecommons
june 2005 by sogrady
IP Inferno: Open Letter to George Lucas
june 2005 by sogrady
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
may 2005 by sogrady
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
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