Space squad (Anatolijus)
Friday, November 17th, 2006Lithuanian Anatolijus with ‘Anatolijus’, a bit later than expected due to upload problems. A well deserved start with a Dance-Industries of 75%. It’s all about motivation.
Lithuanian Anatolijus with ‘Anatolijus’, a bit later than expected due to upload problems. A well deserved start with a Dance-Industries of 75%. It’s all about motivation.
Nice dance track …
New research by the editors at DAPreview showed that DRM-protected files played for 25 minutes less than the 14 hours and 55 minutes the non-DRM files were capable of doing. This in contrary with previous battery eating tests. More tests will definately follow!
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It seems anothet negative point about DRM has surfaced. It eats batteries. It seems that DRM shortens the battery life with about 25% due to the decryption that has to be done.
Source: MP3.com
Despite all the problems DRM has been causing lately, it seems like companies involved in copy protection just keep trying to create more dangerous copy protections. The newest DRM by StarForce now reboots your PC when it suspects you are doing something wrong. This should be fun! I hope this program is bug-free […]
If you can’t rip it, you got ripped off!”
FreeCulture.org protested against DRM in Philadelphia. Saturday’s protest focused on educating consumers about DRM, which is one way companies protect digital media. It’s come into widespread use only in the past few years.
the article …
Music store Rough Trade Retail has partnered with music download site Bleep.com, to develop a digital retail service scheduled for launch this Autumn.
The deal will make the retailer’s music catalogue available to buy online in a DRM-free format.
Stephen Godfroy of Rough Trade Retail, said: “Digital shoppers can expect unique Rough Trade Retail features and […]
The head of Yahoo!’s digital music service has called for record labels to allow downloads to be sold free of any DRM restrictions. He told the Music 2.0 conference in Los Angeles that DRM has created a barrier for consumers between their music and what they can do with it, such as transfer it the […]
Despite all the negative effects most have seen with DRM, according the MPAA, DRM prevents prevent honest users from turning into pirates. They claim that DRM is there to help guide users based on the content’s usage rights and that with out it; consumers may end up totally disregarding copyright, thus turning them into […]
eMarketer has a new report on the legal issues of DRM:
It is worth pointing out how Digital Rights Management (DRM) fits within the broader intersection of the law, technology and current online business models. Key points raised in the paper are
Contract-Copyright Intersection
Digital Rights Management and Anti-Circumvention Laws
First Sale and Business Model-Intersection
Fair Use and Business Model-Interaction
Source: […]