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DRM

Digital Copy Blu’s

18 November 2008

Tagged as: Apple, blu-ray, Blu-ray Disc, digital copy, digital media, DRM, DVD

Apple

Today we (my family) received a 3-disc special edition of Disney’s Wall*E, which includes two Blu-ray discs and a DVD with a digital copy of the movie in iTunes and Windows Media formats.  I was particularly excited to have the digital copy which can be transferred to a personal computer or iPhone for playback.  I [...]

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DRM, Digital Content, and the Consumer Experience: Lessons Learned From The Music Industry

26 March 2008

Tagged as: Apple, digital media, DRM, Innovation, itunes

Apple

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The Most Anti-Tech Organizations in America

3 December 2007

Tagged as: AT&T, Communications, Innovation, Media, MPAA, patents, RIAA, telco

Communications

Excellent article @ PCWorld written by Mark Sullivan on the 5 most anti-tech organizations in America. History is replete with examples of products, companies, and industries that fail to adapt and adopt to new technology. These 5 will be next.
From PCWorld by Mark Sullivan
Their names keep coming up over and over again in courtrooms [...]

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Seeing Yellow

23 July 2007 DRM

You probably didn’t realize that many color laser printers embed tiny yellow dots on each printed page. These tiny yellow dots amount to a “serial number” for each printer. Why would a printer manufacturer embed such a tracking system without the purchasers knowledge?
Seeing Yellow is the brainchild of MIT’s Computing Culture research group, [...]

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Is a $200 Billion Suit Headed Microsoft and Apple’s Way?

12 May 2007

Tagged as: Gadgets

Apple

Is a $200 Billion Suit Headed Microsoft and Apple’s Way?
All I can say, for fear of being sued, or should I say it, for fear of being sued for NOT saying it??? We have sunk to a new low…
With the rise of intellectual property (whether it be patents or content, like Pirates of [...]

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Apple Stokes a Digital Music Standards War

1 May 2007 Apple

Apple Stokes a Digital Music Standards War
The accord marks a fundamental change in the digital music landscape, a feat Apple is pulling off with increasing regularity of late. If I were an employee of Microsoft and involved with its confusing digital-music efforts, built around its highly DRM-protected WMA format, I’d be sweating right now.
But one [...]

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TiVo Tells You How To Defeat Their DRM To Keep You From Canceling

1 March 2007

Tagged as: DRM, tivo

DRM

Want to cancel your TiVo? When you call to tell them about it, they might just try to teach you how to defeat their DRM in order to keep you as a customer. That’s what happened to Tino, and he wrote all about it….
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RIAA slams FAIR USE Act

1 March 2007 Content

Although the FAIR USE Act introduced yesterday will have little more than a symbolic effect on the DMCA, that isn’t stopping the Recording Industry Association of America from unloading on the bill with both barrels. “The DMCA has enabled consumers to enjoy creative works through popular new technologies,” the RIAA said in a statement.” LOL!
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Steve Jobs’ iTunes dance

23 February 2007 Apple

Over at Salon.com, Cory Doctorow, who has written some of the best articles and papers on DRM, has written a piece in response to the Steve Jobs Thoughts on Music open letter. Generally, I agree with Cory’s stance on the impacts of DRM on consumers. In fact, I agree with the general thesis [...]

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How to Explain DRM to Your Dad

22 February 2007 Content

Excellent Wired article on how to explain DRM to the layman.  Some very interesting examples on the real impact of DRM on consumer. Be sure to check the comments.

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