BitTorrent Video Store to be Infected with Windows DRM
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| Bram Cohen has confirmed in an interview that content on the
| upcoming BitTorrent Video Store is going to be loaded with
| Windows DRM, which means restrictions for all and Mac &
| Linux users are going to be left out in the cold.
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http://torrentfreak.com/bittorrent-video-store-to-be-infected-with-windows-drm/
Related:
You can help stop DRM in the UK:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/bandrm/
Wal-Mart's Speeding Bullet
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| Slow delivery times have proved that the digital video delivery
| revolution isn't exactly "faster than a speeding bullet."
|
| [...]
|
| The Wal-Mart offering isn't for everyone. In a nod to Microsoft
| loyalists, the downloads will only work on Windows XP systems and require
| the latest version of Windows Media Player to watch.
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http://www.fool.com/News/mft/2006/mft06112812.htm?source=eptyholnk303100&logvisit=y&npu=y
http://tinyurl.com/yzmpnf
DRM blanket goes mobile
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| Provider of digital rights management kit, Secure Digital Container,
| has today announced plans to bring next-gen DRM gear to over hundred
| different mobile devices.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36153
Microsoft supplies mobile DRM in Japan, eyes everywhere else
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| It appears that Microsoft may be positioning itself to make a run at
| grabbing control of the mobile digital rights management (DRM) market,
| having come to an agreement with Japan's NTT DoCoMo mobile phone company
| to standardize that provider's phones with Windows Media Audio and
| Windows Media DRM.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060517-6857.html
The Top 10 Arguments Against DRM
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| 1. DRM doesn't prevent illegal use of files, it just makes it a bit
| more difficult to access them.
|
| 2. All it takes is one person to crack the file and it can be made
| available to everyone.
|
| 3. Anyone selling content on CD is already selling unprotected files
| anyway.
|
| 4. DRM adds a lot of costs for content producers
|
| 5. There's a huge hidden cost in trying to sell DRM'ed content
|
| 6. Often the costs of the DRM are passed along to the consumer as well.
|
| 7. DRM-free content will play on your device of today and your device
| of tomorrow
|
| 8. Your media devices of the future will be significantly different than
| your media devices of the present.
|
| 9. DRM fundamentally changes who is control of your media.
|
| 10. Whenever you buy DRM'ed content you support the system of DRM
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http://www.learnoutloud.com/content/blog/archives/2006/11/the_top_10_argu.html
BT Vision is go
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| "We think most people are well behind us," said BT retail CEO
| Ian Livingstone. It was even able to wheel out ever erudite
| Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer to eulogise the importance of an
| event "that fundamentally changes how consumers are entertained".
| BT chose Microsoft to provide the software powering Vision.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/04/bt_vision_launch/
Beeb breaks out with Windows WMA protection
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| According to a press release from Sonos, the blokes over
| at the Beeb have decided to jump ship for relying on
| Realplayer for web content, and have switched over
| entirely to the Windows-friendly WMA format. Now
| that the BBC has made The Big Switch, BBC radio
| stations will be received automatically for users
| of wireless music and radio provider Sonos.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35282
EU regulator: Let consumers pick telecom standards
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| The European Union's telecommunications watchdog has called for
| regulators to take a backseat in setting standards--and allow
| consumers to take the lead by picking the platform that offers
| the services they want.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6140471.html
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