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 than its iPod.
The Dadvsi law, which originally included provisions to allow people to crack DRM protections and oblige Apple to interoperate with its rivals’ music [...]
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 protection used to work and why DRM is going to make copying stuff a whole lot harder.
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 are the most common complaints. Sony’s use of malware-enabling rootkits on their flavor of DRM made unprecedented waves in the media and even grabbed the [...]
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 risk one or two U.S. companies taking control of online access to music, video and TV.
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 to ship around last Christmas. The hangup? Implementing Microsoft’s Windows Media DRM, which for unstated reasons has proven more difficult for Nokia to include than [...]
