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Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM

Yahoo announced Wednesday that it is selling Jessica Simpson's latest single in MP3 format--in other words, with none of the usual copyright protection coding. Because the song, a party-pop track called ...

Post details: Yahoo! Music to offer unrestricted MP3s?

Everyone who has been following the tech scene knows that the first company to offer mainstream music in unrestricted MP3 format will see a huge spike in their business and ...


Colombia criminalises DRM cracking

Colombia is the latest country to criminalise copyright violations and introduce stiff new penalties. President Alvaro Uribe has signed laws that increase both the maximum prison term, from five to eight ...

‘Invisible’ Rootkit Heralds Trouble Ahead

Security researchers have discovered a new type of rootkit they believe will greatly increase the difficulty of detecting and removing malicious code. The rootkit in question, called Backdoor.Rustock.A by Symantec and ...

“The Pig and the Box” (Anti-DRM Children’s Book)

It's finally done. "Finally" is the wrong word, tho, because I only started it a week ago. But it's been a very busy week. And at least partly because of ...


DRM is Like Paying for Ice

When I was still in High School I worked at Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ. During my tenure at this minimum wage job I made quite a few friends who ...

France rolls over on iTunes DRM-busting law

France has given the thumbs-up to the defanged version of a controversial law that would have forced Apple Computer to open up its iTunes digital rights management to players other ...

Easiest DRM Explanation

A straightforward explanation about what DRM is and why it would be uncool if your stove didn't let you cook food from copied recipes. Goes into how old school copy ...

Adverse impact of DRM on CD reviews

There's a lot to hate about Digital Rights Management (DRM.) The bulk of the bad has been chronicled here and elsewhere. Untold compatibility issues with MP3 players and car stereos ...

Analysts Agree with France’s iTunes Move

Analysts say the French are on to something that the rest of the world has yet to figure out: It needs to set rules for this new market now or ...

Nokia N91 Music Phone Delayed Due to DRM

Moconews is reporting that Nokia’s high-end N91 phone—the hefty, metal model with a built-in 4GB hard disk—has been pushed back to the third quarter of 2006, despite originally being scheduled ...

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