Archive for the 'DRM' Category

Moby Sour Grapes about iPod and iTunes

Tuesday, December 6th, 2005

Apple will never be like the Evil Empire. The iPod/iTunes combination does not hamper innovation the way the Windows/Office monopoly does.

Toppling the Tower of Power in the Music Biz

Friday, November 4th, 2005

If the record companies don’t come to their senses and stop fussing over DRM, they’ll most likely hand the keys to their kingdom to Apple and Microsoft. What would the open source community do in response?

Big Brother and the Sony BMG Company: The Perfect DRM Storm

Thursday, November 3rd, 2005

The Sony BMG protection scheme for music CDs has no effect on Mac OS X or Linux systems — the CDs function as ordinary audio CDs.