Digital Rights Management

By Zomb Apple does not like people circumventing their DRM they send repeated cease and desists letters to projects promoting DRM stripping so many do not work with updated versions of itunes. The only reason people think that they don't care ...

By Spaz6to8 i don't get why DRM is such a big deal all of a sudden. its like people FINALLY GET that apple does this and they've done it since day one and the number of sales has always been growing. Spaz6to8.

By John Mahoney Boxee has been turning any PC, Mac or Linux box into a capable, social-networking equipped media center for a while in its extended alpha phase—and now, news is that it will also work on your Apple TV for a free way to go beyond the iTunes lock-in for streaming all DRM-free media. Like aTV befo...

By John Herrman Almost reflexively, six studios have filed suit against RealNetworks for their brand-new DVD copying software. RealDVD, as it is (was?) called, was tepidly received on account of crippling DRM which only allows for viewing of a ripped DVD on one PC, precluding the portability that migh...

By Purple Dave In the iTunes program, there's a system that's set up where you can take a set of songs in one format and convert them to another format. If you take songs purchased from iTunes (with a full spread of DRM protection) and run them ...

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By CyberG4 Get over the Apple love and realize that they need to support competitors products as well as their own. If they can't do DRM stuff on other company's products, they could at least support the non DRM stuff in iTunes. CyberG4.

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By matt buchanan If Apple doesn't respond to the allegations by Nov. 3, Norway will take Apple before its very diplomatic and wussy-sounding Market Council as the first test case to force Apple to bust open FairPlay. If Norway is for seriously taking on Apple, iTunes-loving Norwegians better enjoy its ful...

By Jason Chen Remember the T-Mobile Sidekick maker Danger that Microsoft acquired earlier this year? It's very likely Microsoft wants these people onboard to help them either create an end-to-end hardware solution for Windows Mobile, or a completely new Zunephone experience with hardware, soft...

 - But there's enough DRM on most downloads that not only links you to a specific platform (PS3/AppleTV), but a specific download service (iTunes, Unbox, ...

By Wilson Rothman The trouble with leaving core features to third-party developers is that it often leads to nasty blame games. Microsoft has gotten in the most trouble in the past when it launched software platforms—a good example would be the PlaysForSure music DRM—then refused to take responsibility...

By DaiWalka As an iPod/iPhone user, I'd still much rather purchase music through Amazon's DRM shopping than through iTunes. Although the downloading of purchased mp3s over WiFi seems a bit constrictive, being able to shop while on-the-go is great. ...

By Brian Lam While appearing to have double the collection of Apple TV of Vudu, what do you get in Netflix's 10,000 movie collection? Basically, you get a lot of back catalog (classic movies) and a lot of TV shows (unheard of in rental situations!) right as they hit the market. But you don't get the same bl...

By adam frucci Other price discrepancies include Air's Pocket Symphony ($8.99 on Amazon, $9.22 on Wal-Mart), Broken Social Scene's self-titled album ($7.99 on amazon, $9.44 on Wal-Mart), and A Love Supreme by John Coltrane ($8.97 on Amazon, $9.22 on Wal-Mart). More often than not, the prices are better on A...

By Brian Lam Preview —I love that you can resize, rotate, and crop images here. Makes sense to add more functionality to preview since quick look is so good at previewing. Front row —No Youtube —Finding shared iTunes sources took a little while.

By Wilson Rothman • The iTunes Wi-Fi Music Store is thrilling to use, and works as billed. Not only is it easy as hell to find a song, click its animated icon for a preview and download it, in seconds, to your iPod; it's also impressive how it syncs back to your computer's iTunes library without any weirdness. (He...

By Matt Buchanan Universal Music's decision to deliver DRM-free tracks to pretty much everybody but iTunes in its "test"—Amazon, Google, RealNetworks, Wal-Mart and other smaller stores—continues its wary, passive-aggressive stance toward Apple. Officially, a Universal rep told us in an email tha...

By Mark Wilson A new edition of FairUse4WM has been released, allowing for Zune Marketplace WMAs to be stripped of their DRM so you can have fair use rights your purchases—copying to other devices at will....

So we know that Apple embeds your user data in those DRM-free iTunes Plus songs. Some people have gotten up in arms about it, saying it constitutes a form of DRM, while others say you don't have anything to worry about if you're not planning on pirating the music.

Just a quick note for those of you who are looking forward to the EMI DRM-Free iTunes tracks rumored to be launching this week. Apple's just updated iTunes to version 7.2, and added iTunes Plus support. iTunes Plus is the new higher quality, DRM-free music store that sells at $1.29 per track we'...

We just got off the phone with Jeanne Meyer, the Senior VP of Corporate Communications at EMI. Even after adding a grain of salt, considering they did come from the horse's "official" mouth, there's are some interesting facts worth noting about the DRM-Free tracks on iTunes.

It looks like TiVo is pretty desperate to keep their customers. Not AOL-level desperate, but desperate enough to try to talk you into illegally breaking their DRM in order for you to stay a subscriber. Quoth Tino, who got the "break our DRM" schpiel: I explain to her that I know I can move the fi...

Backing up a bit, he explained that music companies may feel protected by their DRM, but DRM hasn't worked in the past and it won't work in the future. His solution: we got three choices. We can either continue on the path we're on now, license out FairPlay, or destroy DRM once and for all. Imagin...

Remember that Sony Rootkit DRM Scandal a little while back? The one that boned your computer with a rootkit when you put in a CD with Sony's DRM on it? Well, Sony's just agreed to pay out $150 to customers to "repair damage done" when they tried to remove the rootkit.

Apple's DRM scheme has virtually nothing to do with the recording industry since they are starting to allow unprotected MP3's of their artists now. It is completely about Apple locking in their monopoly. Sorry, but Apple will never ...

Breaking news for you guys. The folks at Tech.co.uk are reporting that Apple will open its FairPlay DRM to companies that are a part of the "Made for iPod" club. If true, this means that you'll be able to play songs you bought on iTunes on certain third party devices like wireless hi-fi systems. Th...

Now there's a way to listen to your iTunes on a Nintendo Wii, by using a clever workaround involving the Opera browser. Unless Apple breaks this functionality on its next update of iTunes, you can install a little application called dot.Tunes on your Mac or PC, and then you can access all thos...

By Travis Hudson Ok, we have no idea how these fools at Smashmyipod.com were able to raise enough money but apparently they did. They actually went through with their plan and smashed an iPod inside the official Apple store. I guess it is kind of funny to all the Apple haters out there, but, really, aren't they m...