Zune, iPod Battle Could Raise Consumer Awareness of DRM Concerns
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| While it's still far to early to tell if the mighty Microsoft can
| find a chink in Apple's armor and successfully muscle into the portable
| audio player market, some are suggesting that the release of the Zunem
| ay refocus energy on the negative impacts of all forms of DRM.
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http://consumerelectronicsdaily.typepad.com/consumer_electronics_dail/2006/11/zune_ipod_battl.html
Thanks, Microsoft. You did the world a favour. Here's why...
Is DRM good or bad for consumers?
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| In addition, many consumers don't understand DRM restrictions, and
| they're surprised when a CD that works on a home stereo can't be
| played somewhere else, she said. Vendors offer "little disclosure
| about how consumers can use" DRM-protected content, she said.
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/11/08/HNdrmgoodorbad_1.html
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
Vista and More: Piecing Together Microsoft's DRM Puzzle
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| Matt Rosoff, lead analyst at research firm Directions On Microsoft,
| asserts that this process does not bode well for new content formats
| such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD, neither of which are likely to survive
| their association with DRM technology. "I could not be more skeptical
| about the viability of the DRM included with Vista, from either a
| technical or a business standpoint," Rosoff stated. "It's so
| consumer-unfriendly that I think it's bound to fail -- and when
| it fails, it will sink whatever new formats content owners are
| trying to impose."
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http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9005047&intsrc=hm_ts_head
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
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| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
Newly Released Amarok Version 1.4.4 Includes Musicstore
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| The most significant innovation of this version is the integration
| of the Magnatune Musicstore. This allows you to use Amarok to
| listen to songs you are interested in and purchase them in a
| DRM-free format.
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http://linux.about.com/b/a/257572.htm
The Zune, by the way, won't be working with Vista until January.
Microsoft sits on Zune Vista upgrade
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| In other words we can expect to see a Zune patch for Vista being
| launched with when the operating system is released to home
| users in January.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=35800
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