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Opinion: Why Kindle’s DRM Free-for-All Is Bad for Consumers and for Amazon

23 Jun 2009 16:30:05 PDT

Written by Kirk
To prevent this from happening Amazon needs to take control of Kindle DRM and establish a standardized policy. Apple rightly acted as a mediator between the demands of copyright holders and the needs of consumers — Amazon should do the same.

Original story at Medialoper .

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Opinion: Boom Boom Pow! Apple Raises itune Prices

07 Apr 2009 08:07:53 PDT

iTunes' new variable pricing: What do you think? Entertainment Weekly paidContent.org - Amazon May Be Gaining Traction In The MP3 Market Washington Post iTunes goes DRM-free, but jacks up pricing National Business Review Boston Herald - PC World

Original story at VARBusiness .

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Opinion: Apple criticized for iPod shuffle's new 'authentication chip'

16 Mar 2009 09:30:22 PDT

PC World VA Update: Apple has denied that any DRM authentication mechanism is involved. The matter drew considerable attention after iLounge reported in its review of the petite player that Apple was doing something "sneaky and arguably terrible for consumers" ...

Original story at Apple Insider .

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Opinion: iTunes Wants $250 To Upgrade My Music Collection (Or the Deal's Off) [ITunes]

13 Jan 2009 22:35:00 PST

Written by Wilson Rothman
You're snickering. Not about the baseball bat (I hope), but about the whole spending-money-on-iTunes thing. Yep, I am a recovered iTunes DRM-music-buying addict. I still pay for music, but now Amazon is the legitimate source of all my thankfully DRM-free impulse buys.

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: Disney DVD debacle: Wall•E vs. DRM

06 Jan 2009 06:43:25 PST

Written by Chris Meadows
If you want a disc that can play in a DVD player and a PC you have to rip the movie then burn the DVD off the ripped file. And this shows how DRM only hurts the consumers because you still can pirate the DVD (which a lot have already done), but the real consumer can’t even use the real copy.

Original story at TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home .

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Opinion: Giz Explains: Everything You Wanted to Know About DRM [Giz Explains]

18 Dec 2008 21:00:00 PST

Written by matt buchanan
• PlayReady is another Microsoft DRM flavor, aimed mostly at portable devices, but it also powers the DRM in Microsoft's Silverlight, which is what just brought Netflix streaming to Macs. • Not software DRM per se, but Windows Vista has a ton of DRM technologies baked right into it.

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Opinion: Gaming community turning against Electronic Arts over bundled DRM, malware

25 Oct 2008 01:47:05 PDT

Written by Andrew(noreply@blogger.com)
The name of the second program is SecuROM, which is a form of Digital Rights Management (DRM) for computer games. Although consumers are told that the game uses access control and copy protection technology, consumers are not told that this technology is actually an entirely separate, s...

Original story at Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog .

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Opinion: Can DRM enhance open licenses?

13 Oct 2008 07:58:37 PDT

Written by noreply@blogger.com (Peter Suber)
Design/methodology/approach – Traditional DRM and open licensing initiatives lack the required computerised support and flexibility to scale to internet-wide copyright management. Our approach is based on a semantic web ontology that conceptualises the copyright domain.

Original story at Open Access News .

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Opinion: Would Apple really shutter iTunes? Unlikely

01 Oct 2008 14:39:59 PDT

NO DRM , higher quality , lower price. iTunes is past it`s prime . Amazon is actually allowed more music selection by the "big four" than iTunes , because ... Apple may close iTunes music store if price hike approved Australian Personal Computer

Original story at CNET News.com .

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Opinion: Amazon Users Savage 'Spore''s DRM

08 Sep 2008 12:34:17 PDT

and just about all of them have one thing in common: pure, vile hatred of the game's digital rights management, or DRM (via Destructoid). ... Spore hit by DRM protest Financial Times Spore gamers turn nasty over DRM - Amazon review roasting TECH.BLORGE.com Will DRM Exterminate Spore? Slashdot

Original story at PC Magazine .

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Opinion: Napster MP3 store: great selection, bad interface

21 May 2008 16:43:28 PDT

CA - May 21, 2008 And of course it must be mentioned that every song on Napster's MP3 store is DRM-free, meaning it can be transferred to an unlimited number of computers and ... Napster heads into the DRM-free music arena Entertainment 3.0 TUAW Review: Napster MP3 store tuaw.com

Original story at 13526_1(blogs.cnet.com) .

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Opinion: Adobe Pushes DRM for Flash

19 Feb 2008 23:34:47 PST

Written by Seth Schoen
Finally, there's a classic suite of arguments against DRM that will be as true for online video as they were for music. DRM doesn't move additional product. DRM is grief for honest end-users. And there's no reason to imagine that new DRM systems will stop copyright infringement any more effe...

Original story at EFF.org Updates .

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Opinion: CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK - Register

08 Jan 2008 06:59:45 PST

CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK UK - By Andrew Orlowski → More by this author Circumventing DRM to make copies for personal use will remain illegal for consumers, under copyright reform ... First step taken in copyright consultation process Information World Review

Original story at Register .

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Opinion: Amazon vs. Wal-Mart: MP3 Store Showdown Before iTunes Final Battle [MP3 Store Battlemodo]

07 Dec 2007 10:00:00 PST

Written by adam frucci
Other price discrepancies include Air's Pocket Symphony ($8.99 on Amazon, $9.22 on Wal-Mart), Broken Social Scene's self-titled album ($7.99 on amazon, $9.44 on Wal-Mart), and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane ($8.97 on Amazon, $9.22 on Wal-Mart). More often than not, the prices are better on A...

Original story at Gizmodo .

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Real iTunes killer: Review of Amazon's DRM-less music download store

25 Sep 2007 14:02:42 PDT

Written by Danny Mendez
An added benefit of downloading your music via Amazon as opposed to iTunes is the lack of DRM. Most of iTunes' music comes encoded with DRM, preventing you from using YOUR music on anything other than an iPod or the computer to which the music is registered.

Original story at TECH.BLORGE.com .

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Opinion: Jamendo Gets Cash for Creative Commons Music

16 Jul 2007 14:11:57 PDT

Written by Nick Gonzalez
Online music has been one of the most tumultuous categories online. Ever since Napster launched in the late 90’s, the music industry has been scrambling for a new model. DRM was once thought the industry’s saving grace, but consumer frustrations and movements from big players like Apple h...

Original story at Techcrunch .

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Opinion: Shelly Palmer: What DRM-Free Audio Means for Video

18 May 2007 11:32:00 PDT

Written by Shelly Palmer
Next, when they say DRM-free, they mean a file without copy protection or anti-copying software. They do not mean that the file won't have digital identification that might link it to its legal owner or other tracking software attached to it.

Original story at Huffington Post .

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Opinion: Steve Jobs Says No DRM! No DRM!

06 Feb 2007 23:20:28 PST

Written by Jimmy Daniels
No DRM! No DRM! No DRM! Apple DRM Apple, DRM The MASTER of marketing, Steve Jobs of Apple has put out a call to the big four music companies to allow them to sell DRM free music in the iStore. I have not heard a truer statement in awhile than this one, “So if the music companies are selling over 90 pe...

Original story at tipsdr.com .

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Opinion: Steve Jobs Tells the Truth; But One Step Remains

06 Feb 2007 13:47:00 PST

Written by MichaelMiller
This afternoon, he published a long statement on the Apple web site that pretty much calls for the end of Digital Rights Management (DRM) on music. And then, can we talk about DRM and copy protection on movies? Jobs and Disney surely have some ideas there.

Original story at PC Magazine .

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Opinion: Alpha Geek: CDs vs. Downloads

08 Jan 2007 00:30:00 PST

Written by Rick Broida
The Bad: They typically cost more than downloads, and you have to buy the whole album; anti-rip copy protection is a problem on some discs; scratches can impede playback; you have to go a store (or pay shipping) to get them; you have to store them; jewel cases are evil.

Original story at Lifehacker .

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Opinion: Microsoft's war waged with FairUse4WM

12 Nov 2006 21:09:00 PST

Written by Ryan Block
The critical importance of the subpoena power to Microsoft's case against Viodentia explains the otherwise-mysterious question of why Microsoft has filed a suit for copyright infringement rather than for circumvention of DRM. The subpoena power is a little-noticed feature that the...

Original story at Engadget .

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30 Days of DRM - Day 28: Review of New Circumvention Rights (Circumvention Rights)

15 Sep 2006 11:17:35 PDT

The U.S. DMCA experience leaves little doubt that the introduction of anti-circumvention legislation will create some unintended consequences. No matter how long the list of circumvention rights and other precautionary measures, it is impossible to identify all future concerns ass...

Original story at Stephen's Web ~ by Stephen Downes ~ OLDaily RSS 0.91 .

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Opinion: An Open Letter to Microsoft - Why you shouldn't kill FairUse4WM

27 Aug 2006 11:08:00 PDT

Written by Peter Rojas
We know that you're already probably working to fix the, um, hole that's been discovered in Windows DRM 10/11, but we're going to ask you this anyway: please don't stop consumers from using FairUse4WM to remove copy protection from music they've downloaded.

Original story at Engadget .

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Opinion: DRM in Hi-Def

24 Jul 2005 22:35:55 PDT

Written by jimmypalmer@gmail.com (DRM)
With the hardware talk out of the way, let’s compare the software and digital rights management that will be included in these HD players. The video encoding software that has been adopted by both standards is known as VC-1 which was developed by Microsoft. Microsoft has now turned over lic...

Original story at DRM .

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Opinion: Digital Media Consumers' Rights Act of 2005

29 Jun 2005 05:52:00 PDT

Written by jimmypalmer@gmail.com (DRM)
Physical media and software always have sinister, brightly-hued copyright warnings, but I've yet to see even one CD or DVD that warns me that it also has built-in copy protection. Nor are there labels that explain how my rightfully purchased media or new software CD can't be accessed on my...

Original story at DRM .

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