Kazaa Is Back… Sort Of…
Kazaa has announced its official return to service, three years after its shutdown.
"However, like Pirate Bay and Napster, the service is in name only, with users being forced to pay for their mu…
Archive for the 'DRM' Category
27 July
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08 January
0Comments Sony drops DRM, goes slightly mad
Sony BMG have finally fallen; their music is available in a format which is not strangled by digital rights management, meaning that all of the major labels have now moved away from the previous &qu…
28 December
0Comments Warner Music ditch DRM…partly.
Slowly but surely the music industry is switching to DRM free download services, and Warner have become the 3rd of the big four music labels (EMI, Vivendi, Warner, Sony BMG) to offer them. Previousl…
29 November
0Comments Comcast are evil hackers!
In a somewhat over-dramatic story, The Edge of I-Hacked is reporting on the problems customers are facing regarding the torrent blocking action that is occurring on their Comcast telephone lines.
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22 November
0Comments DRM Stifling Online Music
MacNN are reporting that many UK high-street shops claim that DRM is ruining the development of digital distribution, while also harming sales. Many customers are put off by the DRM that is placed o…
15 August
0Comments Universal Sells MP3s and Rebels From Apple
Universal Music Group jumped past rival EMI and juggernaut Apple to sell digital music without DRM (Digital Rights Management) to consumers.
The files will be in open MP3 format that can be used on …
03 August
0Comments DRM-Free Done Better
London-based online music store 7digital now sells DRM-free tunes from major label EMI, similar to an offering from Passalong Networks.
While pricing is similar to iTunes (7digital has songs at $1.0…
31 July
0Comments Windows Media Center DRM – Now With More Bugs!
A recent controversy over Microsoft Windows Media Center has highlighted the perils of DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM uses secured formats that can cause incompatibilities with other hardware an…
25 July
0Comments "Effective": It Means What it Says
A Finnish Court rules that effective means effective. The issue is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) and the European counterpart, the European Copyright Directive (EUCD), which says it'…
28 June
0Comments Microsoft Smoked Weed
Shared Media Licensing's (SML) Weedshare, an early digital music service, has suspended operations. Weedshare was smoked by Microsoft, whose latest version of Windows Media Player was incompatible…