Will it ever happen? Will Apple one day stop issuing keys to unlock the FairPlay-protected music you purchased from the iTunes Store — iike Yahoo just did with music purchased from Yahoo Music, and Microsoft intends to do in three years with MSN Music?
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The new iTunes Plus portion of the online iTunes Store is now available, offering higher-priced, higher-quality, DRM-free songs and albums you can play on any device and copy endlessly. And as of one day after it was announced, boomers rule.
Continue readingSo you want to upgrade EMI-labeled music you purchased from iTunes to the higher-sonic-quality versions without copy protection (when they become available in iTunes next month)? If you’re a Mac user, you can use this tip. Otherwise, watch this space for future enhancements to iTunes.
Continue readingApple has taken a sad song — the copy restrictions on its music — and made it better by removing the Digital Rights Management (DRM) protection for its high-quality music format in a deal with record giant EMI.
Continue readingRumors about Apple are swirling a week after Steve Jobs’ open letter to the music industry (for an excellent summary of reactions, see Engadget’s “DRM: the state of disrepair” by Thomas Ricker). But several developments warrant particular attention: 1. Apple … Continue reading
It looks like Apple is serious about not licensing its FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology used to protect music sold through its iTunes online store. Steve Jobs has put it all into perspective in an open letter on the … Continue reading
Steve Jobs has put the music industry labels on notice about Digital Rights Management (DRM). It may just be the right time for Steve to speak out — from a position of strength.
Continue readingOn the Sopranos, the Mafia controls the docks, the garbage trucks, the cops, the judges — the very infrastructure of the lives of those who live in Jersey. You can’t get anything in or out without their “help” and protection. … Continue reading
More details of the Zune media player from Microsoft have been released. By most accounts and blogs, it’s a ho-hum affair, as I noted in my last blog entry. Microsoft and its partners will be losing money this holiday season … Continue reading
The iPod changed the way we deal with audio and video, much like the Mac two decades earlier changed the way we deal with text and graphics. Eventually the PC caught up with the Mac in many ways (though not … Continue reading