Topic - digital rights management

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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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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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Media

DRM is Dead, VC Says

Venture capitalists see ads, not Digital Rights Management schemes, shoring up music industry.
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General news

Norway: iTunes is a Lawbreaker

Ombudsman sets October deadline as European sanctions gain momentum.
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Computers, General news

July Gets Mobile DRM Patent

Indian company awarded U.S. patent for wireless digital rights management.
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Computers

Copyright Shackling Creativity?

Pushing a ‘read-write’ culture, Stanford Professor Lawrence Lessig rallies the Linux faithful.
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General news, Media

France Softens DRM Law

Latest version lets Apple off the hook.
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Computers, Security

Norton Security Flaw Patched

The latest security breach spurs discussion of copy protection software.
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General news, Media

Sony Loses PS Hacking Case

Chiding Sony, an Australian court says gamers can hack the PlayStation.
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Computers, Media

Macrovision Buys Trymedia

Software licensing tech firm buys Trymedia Systems to provide secure digital distribution of video game software.
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Media

Digital Rights = Media Hurdles

The prospects for digital media have never been stronger for television, music, and PC makers. But in Hollywood, digital rights issues and a lack of standards still stand in the way.
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General news, Media

Doing it without DRM

MP3tunes.com takes on the online music market.
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Computers, Finance

Need to Know: Red Herring’s weekly news roundup

Week of January 3, 2005: Jobs are intact, the NYSE plays musical chairs, Adobe doles out digital rights, and Apple makes an enterprise play.
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Computers, General news, Media, Internet

Real plays its trump card

Does RealNetworks’ latest offer to Apple really mean it’s ready to jump into bed with Microsoft?