Sony BMG, the last major record label that won’t sell you music without DRM kneecapping will reverse its stance in February, according to a report today.
Corporate froth mag BusinessWeek cites a source familiar with the matter as saying it’ll get involved in a major DRM free music tie-in with Amazon and the Super Bowl, which […]
Warner finally sees the light and will stop delivering their mp3’s on Amazon with a DRM. This means their complete catalogue will be available to download. This also means thet Sony BMG is the only one delivering files protected with DRM to the music lovers.
Little more than a month after it collapsed under pressure from several superpowers of the Western world - including the US government and three major record labels - Russia’s AllOfMP3 is making a comeback.
The music download service has already relaunched its website, and a new blog post claims that cut-rate tunes are close behind. “The […]
The Amazon store will offer songs in the iPod-friendly MP3 format and give consumers who use the popular music player an alternative source for major label music besides Apple’s iTunes. The MP3’s will be released without a DRM. Nice move …
Hackers have broken the DRM implemented by MicroSoft’s online shope Zune. The hack makes it possible to remove the DRM shackles off Zune Marketplace tracks. Zune Marketplace works with Microsoft’s Zune media players in a similar way to Apple’s iTunes and iPod. But unlike iPods, Zune players come with built-in Wi-Fi connections.
Source: The Register
Belgian ISP’s need to install a filter so illegal content can not get shared over P2P networks. This is the outcome of the verdict of a lawsuit which carried on for more then 3 years. The complaint was filed by Belgian based CISAC Sabam againt one of Belgium’s largest ISP’s Tiscali (now Scarlet). There […]
France based SFR has announced it will release its mobbile content without DRM. Their catalogue consists of 700.000 titles and includes for instance the EMI catalogue.
Source: http://www.silicon.fr
Brian from the comedy site BBSpot sez, “Since the RIAA seems to sue everyone, I created a flowchart which shows how they make their decisions. Or at least how I imagine it to be.”
Source: BBSpot
The DRM walls are crumbling. Earlier this week, Steve Jobs called on the major record labels to allow online music sales unfettered by digital rights management restrictions.
Nice column in The Register
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