Now iTunes under attack in Europe from Nokia
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| The Nokia Music Store, to be opened in Q3 2007, will offer 192kbps WMA DRM
| tracks for EUR 1.00 compared to Eur 0.99 for Apple's 128kbps DRM iTunes
| tracks. Perhaps more importantly, Nokia will enable users to download tracks
| directly to their phones and sync them to copies on their PCs or vice versa.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=14222&Itemid=1054
Nokia has been getting cozy with Microsoft recently. It also voted on OOXML
based on their relationships apparently (anonymous report suggests so).
Related:
Apple faces suit over iPod-iTunes link
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| As if its options woes weren't trouble enough, Apple Computer Inc.
| said Friday it is facing several federal lawsuits, including one
| alleging the company created an illegal monopoly by tying iTunes
| music and video sales to its market-leading iPod portable players.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061230/ap_on_hi_te/apple_lawsuits
Bird Song: A requiem for DRM
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| DRMs are often designed by ambitious, well-funded consortia, with top-notch
| engineers from every corner of the industry. They spend millions. They take
| years. They are defeated in days, for pennies, by hobbyists.
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| - Cory Doctorow, Guardian Unlimited
| Tuesday, July 31, 2007
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| Sure, it’s probably too early to dance on the grave of Digital Rights
| Management (DRM), but we can certainly continue pounding nails in its coffin
| after Wal-Mart drove a stake through its heart this week.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/08/24/birdsong-a-requiem-for-drm/
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