Nokia to W3C: Ogg is proprietary, we need DRM on the Web
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| But remember, that's not what Nokia is objecting to: they are arguing that
| Ogg is proprietary (it isn't) and that DRM should be part of a Web standard
| (it shouldn't).
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http://www.boingboing.net/2007/12/09/nokia-to-w3c-ogg-is.html
It will be very damaging if they don't issue some kind of apology, which they
probably will.
Related:
Nokia to put Microsoft PlayReady onto S60 & S40 cellphone platforms
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| Nokia is to support Microsoft's PlayReady content access technology into the
| Nokia S60 and Series 40 mobile device platforms, starting in 2008.
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http://www.itwire.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13884&Itemid=1055
Mozilla, Opera look to make video on the Web easier
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| Firefox and Opera will support a new HTML tag specifically for embedding
| video in Web pages. As long as the browsers support a video's specific codec,
| or encoding method, the browsers will then be able to play the video without
| launching third-party enabling software, said Chris Double, a Mozilla
| engineer. Mozilla and Opera are also working to support the royalty-free
| video codec Ogg Theora.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20071207/tc_infoworld/93898
Does your browser do video?
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| One of the many great features it sports, which will be of interest to free
| formats enthusiastics, is the multimedia elements: <video> and <audio>.
| Imagine being able to post video and audio in your blog as easily as you do
| with images. On forums, on online shops, on office intranets, on anything. It
| really has the potentional to revolutionize the Web. No more Flash, no more
| YouTube. Independence! And all of this using Vorbis and Theora as the
| baseline codecs!
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http://spreadopenmedia.org/2007/11/18/does-your-browser-do-video/
Opera Browser and Ogg Theora in HTML5 specs
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| This is an interview I made with the Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie at the
| Reboot 9.0 Web 2.0 conference in Copenhagen. He shows the OLPC XO beta-1 in
| the direct sunlight and explains several things about the Opera browser
| software running smoothly on it...
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http://olpc.tv/2007/06/01/opera-browser-and-ogg-theora-in-html5-specs/
Beta version of Open-Source video codec Ogg Theora released
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| The source code of the libtheora 1.0 Beta 1 codec library can be downloaded
| from the developer website.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/96667/from/rss09
http://spreadopenmedia.org/
How To Live an Open-Source Musical Life With Ogg Vorbis
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| But with the launch of the FSF's web campaign, the time may be ripe
| for Ogg Vorbis to truly shine. According to Chris "Monty" Montgomery,
| creator of Ogg and founder of the Xiph.org Foundation which oversees
| Ogg's development, such big-name backing has been a long time
| coming.
|
| ... Linux users most likely have Ogg support built in to their machines
| (but you guys already knew that).
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http://www.wired.com/software/coolapps/news/2007/05/playogg
'Play OGG': FSF launches free audio format campaign
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| The Free Software
| Foundation (FSF) today launched PlayOGG.org, a campaign to encourage
| use of the patent- and license-free standard OGG Vorbis as an
| ethically, legally and technically superior audio alternative to
| the proprietary MP3 format.
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http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-fsf/2007-05/msg00001.html
http://www.osnews.com/story.php/17860/Review-The-OGG-Compatible-iRiver-E10
Ogg Vorbis Gaining Industry Support
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| While Ogg Vorbis format has not gained much adoption in music
| sales and portable players, it is not an unsupported format in
| the industry. Toy manufacturers (e.g. speaking dolls), voice
| warning systems, and reactive audio devices exploit Ogg Vorbis
| for its good quality at small bit-rates.
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http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/02/06/1931244&from=rss
Alcatel-Lucent says $1.5 billion not enough from Microsoft
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| Alcatel-Lucent said in a court filing that $1.5 billion is not
| enough to properly compensate it for Microsoft Corp.'s infringement
| of two digital audio patents.
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http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/alcatel-lucent-says-15-billion-not/story.aspx?guid=%7B3B7D3262%2DF68F%2D4BEC%2D94C1%2D5C0A0EEE8021%7D&siteid=yhoof
http://tinyurl.com/36hu5v
Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside
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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
|
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
|
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926
Microsoft Tells Apple To Stop Complaining About DRM
http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/04/13/microsoft-apple-drm/
Microsoft: We Like DRM
http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
Why Microsoft will fight for DRM
http://km.lqz.ca/blog/tech/microsoft-fight-drm/
Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system
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| Although digital rights management (DRM) is popular with content
| creators, it has attracted criticism. Sony was widely attacked after
| using a rootkit-like application to hide content protection on some
| music CDs, and earlier this month Apple CEO Steve Jobs called on
| the music industry to drop its use of DRM.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6158553.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
Golden Rant : Microsoft DRM's gone too far
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| Microsoft appears to have hit the wrong button on its critical
| Windows XP download service late last month, pretty well forcing
| every XP user to upgrade to Windows Media Player (WiMP) 11 if
| they (like me and many others) have the automatic download/install
| option enabled for critical updates.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=712
The Longest Suicide Note in History
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| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
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http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
DRM in Windows Vista
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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
|
| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html
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