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iTunes Rumoured to Begin Selling DRM-Free Music on Tuesday
Although you could go to Amazon and buy any song completely free of DRM, Apple and its iTunes music service have been slow to come around on the prospect of releasing control of "digital rights management" for...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Napster launches DRM-free download service
More and more music stores are finally turning away from DRM (Digital Rights Management), which is good for the customers, as they can listen to the music they bought on any devices they have and prefer to listen...Limewire Music Store Enters Beta
Limewire, that peer-to-peer MP3 freemarket that served as a RIAA dartboard, has launched an online music store in beta. The architecture of such a store would have to be quite different from the spam-infused...
created by Jordan Yerman | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago
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Reznor: Radiohead Offering was Insincere, Industry is Inept
Trent Reznor is blasting Radiohead and the music industry for their apparent failed online distribution attempts. While Radiohead hasn't released any numbers, they've stated they made more money on their online...Sony BMG Joins Amazon to Sell DRM-Free Music
Sony BMG is the final major label to join Amazon's digital music store in selling music free from restrictive copy-protections, known as Digital Rights Management (DRM). Unlike iTunes and other digital music...
created by Jarrett Martineau | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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News Roundup: Everything's Coming Up CES
Frank Smith at Contentinople has a greate CES round up for video junkies:"It must be January, because Bill Gates is stumping in Las Vegas at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES), touting Microsoft's music and video...Music DRM in critical condition: Universal tests DRM free music sales
"Universal Music Group has announced that the company is going to test selling DRM-free music to consumers in order to assess the market. It's a strange test, however; the company won't be hawking DRM-free music at Apple's iTunes Store, at least at first. "Universal offers 'DRM-free' tracks
"Universal Music Group, home to Mika and Amy Winehouse, is making thousands of tracks available as digital downloads free of copying protection in a six-month experiment to test demand. The world's largest music group will include music by Fall Out Boy, 50 Cent, Black Eyed...Anger over DRM-free iTunes tracks
"The launch of music tracks free of digital locks on iTunes has been overshadowed by the discovery that they contain data about who bought them. Some fear this data could be used to identify the owner of the...Live and Die by Hype: Apple Stock in Kernel Panic from iPhone Hoax
Apple's stock took a beating yesterday as a fraudulent email made the rounds, claiming that both the iPhone and Leopard (Mac OS 10.5) would be heavily delayed. Apple has made its fortune not only with its products...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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Microsoft Follows Apple on DRM-Free Downloads
UPDATE: The bloggadelic response to this has been predictably huge-- perhaps this will help MS in their quest for music-player market share after all-- their overly-DRM'ed Zune was so "secure" it could not even play Windows Media files, making it a pirates-only device!...
created by Jordan Yerman | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago
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EMI Releases First Album With DRM-Free Option; Artists Selling Direct from Site
"The role of Steve Jobs and iTunes in EMI’s announcement Monday that it would offer DRM-free versions of its digital library may have given people the wrong impression about what the label actually is doing. This is not an Apple-centric deal as the first announcement of a...Finally catching on the DRM just doesn't work
"Apple and the EMI Group announced that the entire collection of EMI digital music can be purchased DRM-free from Apple's iTunes store. The new service will deliver better quality audio at a 30% price increase ($1.29 per song). Consumers will be free to play to play the music...Linspire’s Founder responds to Steve Jobs’ call for DRM-free music
"First let me say that your iTunes/iPod success is unprecedented and awe inspiring to me. Your impact on digital music is astounding. I read your open letter to the music industry and wanted to respond. It’s...
created by bigbrother | 5 years ago | updated 5 years ago
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1849 views | 10 recommendations | 1 comment
Chances of DRM-free iTunes Store 25%
"Despite calls by Apple chief executive Steve Jobs for major record labels to drop their anti-piracy requirements for songs sold over online music stores, there is less than a 25 percent chance the labels will...NowPublic on Facebook
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