Posts Tagged with ‘drm’

Just over 10 days ago we brought you news of the BBC’s intention to open a large (very large, really) archive of audio and video of past and present productions, though at the time the project was still said to be in an experimentation phase; only several thousand were reported to be testing the service for quality and general viability. Now (yesterday, to be accurate) the company has officially given the project, dubbed iPlayer, the green light.
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What is the agreed-upon value of a digital download by nearly all involved with music distribution? Ninety-nine cents. So what is EMI’s reasoning in asking the consumers of their digital downloads to pay a 30% premium for 256kbps, DRM-free tracks on iTunes?
I think I can sum it up in three words. Because. They’re. Afraid. The majority of the music industry’s controllers are averse to change. They hate it. They want to keep things the way they are, and they just want [...]

Prior to February 26th, 2007, BitTorrent only said it was going to turn legal – at least its in-house operations. Monday, however, marked the first day in its existence that it actually did so; that it would play it straight with the movie industry, the television industry, the music industry, and even the PC game industry. And what d’ya know, it’s already off to a crappy start.
Pardon. Bad start.
Why did I feel it was imperative to hit on [...]

Apple marked February 6th with something many, many people have been waiting for for a long time. Since the dawn of the Age of iPod, the world has wondered whether the new technologies that would be developed down the road would wear peacenik garb or be the bread and butter in an era of restriction, effectively making consumers prisoners of a world their earned currency created. I make that sound like a nightmare, don’t I? But already happened. We’re living [...]