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Another one bites the dust
Today Grooveshark, the free music streaming service, was forced to close down its site in Germany and suspend its service after German performance rights organisation GEMA pressured the service to the point it would incur “disproportionately high operating costs” if it continued to operate in … Continue reading
Anti-DRM protest part 2
FreeCulture @ NYU.org did it again! The second protest against DRM was held last wednesday 30/11/2005 in New York. Inspired by the latest Sony tragedy they handed out flyers to make con,sumers aware of the DRM situation. Thanks to everyone who … Continue reading
Watermarking the new DRM?
This week I visited the Fruitytech company. It was a very nice meeting and they showed us some of their new protection schemes: Watermarking. A watermark is something you add to a music piece f.e. an MP3 so afterwards you can always … Continue reading
15% of European Internet users download illegal music, 5% buy it in legal online copyright music stores
JupiterResearch says that European consumers who download music from illegal file sharing networks (Kazaa , Soulseek) currently outnumber those downloading from legal services such as Apple’s iTunes Music Store by a factor of three to one: 15% file share while just … Continue reading
DRM to boast copyright music sales
In a recent study published by RNCOS, �Digital Rights Management-An Industry Outlook (2005-2008)� analysts expect that the legal copyright music industry will flurish during the next years. In the US and Europe, the size of the DRM enabled online music market … Continue reading
Can DRM damage your sales?
During the DRM-saga of Sony people where saying that they wouldn’t buy records from Sony anymore. But to they realy stop buying records. Here is a proof: after the announced boycott of all Sony CD’s the Get Right with the Man CD … Continue reading
UK inquiry into DRM and the law
The All Party Parliamentary Internet Group (APIG) is to hold a public inquiry into the issues surrounding Digital Rights Management (DRM), including the degree of protection needed for both copyright holders and consumers. The inquiry will focus on: Whether DRM … Continue reading
Legal downloading is going up
According to RIAA, digital sales accounted for slightly more than 4% of the market during the first half of 2005, up from about 1.5% during the first half of 2004. Apple iTunes owned about 70% of the digital music market. … Continue reading
DRM version 2?
More new on the DRM side, Boing Boing’s Cory Doctorow states on his blog he received an email fom a highly placed source withing Sony. This source leaked that recordlabels and artist are rethinking the concept of DRM. Artists are furious DRM … Continue reading
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Sony, an accident waiting to happen
In his recent blog entry David Berlind states that the whole SonyBMG saga was an accident waiting to happen. He blaims the big entertainment companies Apple and Microsoft for time lack of DRM interoperability. Of course he has a point but a … Continue reading