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Amazon Officially First To Drop Major DRM: Sony the Fourth and Final Big Label Onboard [Official]

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2008-01-10 16:30:25 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...DRM-free MP3s through Amazon's MP3 store later this month, making it the first store to carry DRM-free music from all four major labels . UPDATE : Regarding the lack of numbers in the press release, we've been told Sony BMG's "entire digital catalog" will be available later this monthstill working on more details. AMAZON MP3 TO ADD DRM-FREE...
 
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RIAA Tech Chief: DRM Not Dead, Will Become More Powerful than You Can Possibly Imagine [Riaa]

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2008-05-08 19:00:00 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...DRM-free tracks, we pretty much declared DRM deader than HD DVD or Tony Stark if he got in a fight with Batman (at least for the music industry; movies are another story). But RIAA tech chief David Hughes told a panel yesterday that DRM is tech's Obi-Wan Kenobi: It's coming back and will be powerful than we can possibly imagine, but it won't...
 
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Amazon MP3 to Add DRM-Free Downloads from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT

2008-01-11 21:24:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...DRM-free MP3 Downloads from All Four Major Music Labels SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced that DRM-free MP3 music downloads from SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT will be available to customers on Amazon MP3, Amazon's DRM-free MP3 digital music store where every song is playable on virtually any digital...
 
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So Long, And Thanks for All the Cash: Yahoo Shuts Down Music Store and DRM Servers

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2008-07-25 04:32:43 by Charlie Sorrel in Gadget Lab
...DRMed, copy-protected music, you are an idiot. Here's why: Yahoo is closing its music store, and on September 30th, 2008, it will also shut down its licensing servers. You'll still be able to play the music you have, if you do it on your existing computer. But if you buy a new PC, or even so much as change the hard drive, you're done for. And...
 
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DRM Officially Dead: Last Major Label Sony BMG Plans to Finally Drop DRM [DRM Is Dead]

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2008-01-04 11:35:56 by HASH0x8a0b0c4 in Gizmodo
...DRM-free MP3s, Sony BMG, is "finalizing plans" to sell music not locked down with DRM. It'll be available sometime in the first quarter, apparently in time to get in on Amazon and Pepsi's 1 billion song giveaway , which now looks like it'll have tracks from every major label. So, how'd we get here We've been saying for a while DRM has cancer...
 
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DRM'd music is dead. Are DRM'd movies next?

2008-01-13 19:15:33 by HASH0x88f8958 in gadget life blog
 
...DRM-free, what justification do the movie studios have for not doing the same And theres a lot of overlap between the music and movie studios (for example, Sony I cant wait for the day when movies are DRM-free. You could easily buy a DVD, copy it to a mammoth hard drive plugged into your television, and never worry about a scratched disk...
 
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Five Stores That Hosed Customers With DRM [Drm]

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2008-04-28 12:15:20 by matt buchanan in Gizmodo
...DRM is annoying and sucks. But the fact is, it really can leave you holding vaporous media that you paid real money for, like when a vendor closes up shop or switches to new DRM. Last 100 rounds up five stores that have done just that: Major League Baseball (switched DRM, nuking any video bought pre-2006); Google (killed video store, and any...
 
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Discretix to Showcase Mobile DRM Offering for Embedded Linux at Trolltech Booth

2008-02-16 17:02:00 by Maximus in Just Another Mobile Phone Blog
 
...DRM Client pre-integrated with the Embedded Linux Platform on display at Mobile World Congress 2008 MOBILE WORLD CONGRESS 2008 / BARCELONA, SPAIN Embedded security systems leader Discretix, announced that it will be exhibiting its Multi-Scheme DRM Client, pre-integrated with the embedded Linux platform at TrollTechs booth at the upcoming...
 
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For some reason, Adobe thinks Web video needs more DRM, suggest using it with Flash

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2008-02-22 00:52:29 by Matt Hickey in CrunchGear