Topic - DRM

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Computers, Media, Finance

Trion World Downloads $70M

Online games company hopes to take the play out of the stores and into virtual territories in a bid to cut out piracy and maximize profits.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Verizon Wireless, Rhapsody Make Mobile Music

After a number of spectacular failures is mobile music finally ready for the mass market?
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Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Report: Apple Killed Music Industry

Apple's iPod as standard bearer of incompatibilities is partly responsible for the music industry’s digital implosion, researcher says.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet

Napster Ready for iTunes Rumble

Music service says its DRM-free MP3 store will trigger a massive exodus of iTunes users to Napster, but expert says Apple should worry more about Nokia.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Digital Music Finding its Sales Groove

Once considered the source of industry problems, music downloads, free from usage restrictions, will re-emerge as music's sales star, according to a report.
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Computers, Media, Internet

Hacker Enables Copying Apple iTunes Songs

Famed Norwegian "DVD John" lets users use and share iTunes songs on other devices.
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Computers, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Amazon to Buy Audible for $300M

Web retailer adds format flexibility as both content and distribution of books, music, and movies becomes more digitized.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet

Amazon Offers Unlocked Sony BMG Tunes

The online retail behemoth has begun offering digital music from Sony BMG Music Entertainment sans copyright protections known as digital rights management.
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General news, Media, Internet

Sony BMG: Drop Digital Protections

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will this month become the last of the big four majors to drop digital rights management copy protection software on music downloads.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet, Finance

Analyst: Labels, Embrace Ad Supported-Music

The music recording industry faced another grim quarter of CD sales, but an analyst suggests embracing ad models to claw back.
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Computers, General news, Media, Communications

Amazon, Warner Rock MP3s

Warner Music Group becomes one of the last of the major labels to give in amid an industry slowly caving on digital restrictions.
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General news, Media, Communications, Internet

NXP Unites AM/FM and HD Radio on Chip

Faced with market stagnation, the radio industry is looking to car makers as a way out of their dilemma, and a multimedia car radio could provide a boost.
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Media, Internet

Startup Looks to Sell All Things Digital

A startup coming out of stealth mode is hoping to upend the market for digital products in the same way eBay did for all types of physical products.
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Media, Internet

Wal-Mart Peddles DRM-Free MP3s

World’s largest retailer is selling digital music tracks without copyright protection software, the latest sign that the Internet music market is turning away from digital rights management technology.
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Internet

Universal Music Ditches DRM

Vivendi's Universal Music Group, the world's largest music label, says it will test the sale of songs from artists such as Amy Winehouse, 50 Cent, and the Black Eyed Peas without copy protection in order to gauge possible effect on market.
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Internet

Red Herring Software Report

Red Herring's software news briefs for the week of March 05, 2007.
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Computers, Media

DRM Security Startup: $13M

Security company snags third round investment.
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Media

Music Execs Clash over Tech

Record industry leaders and digital music proponents debate royalties and copyright protection.
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Media, Internet

BitTorrent’s Big Play

Can the P2P player make it as a legit movie store?
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Media, Internet

Widevine takes aim at Apple

Alternative DRM provider sees opportunity in device agnostic platform.
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