In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
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wrote
on Wed, 09 May 2007 03:12:04 +0100
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> I predict a DRM riot
Nice prediction. ;-)
I happen to like Will; he wrote this several days ago.
http://clicked.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/05/02/178953.aspx
Unfortunately, rudd-o.com is apparently down at the moment,
but by now the "magic DVD number" is all over the place.
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | DRM is, it seems, doomed to fail in the short term. There is just no
> | way around the fact that for now keys will always get cracked and
> | when they do that crack will always find its way into the public
> | domain. Try to stop it, as Digg inadvertently discovered, and you
> | will have a full scale Internet riot on your hands.
> `----
>
> http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/editorial-blogs/davey-winder/294132/i-predict-a-drm-riot.thtml
>
>
> Related:
>
> Apple, labels focus on copy protection
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | David Pakman, president and CEO of eMusic.com Inc., said the elimination
> | of copy protection could help his company mine the rare, catalog
> | recordings owned by major labels but not typically available on iTunes.
> |
> | EMusic already sells music from independent labels in the MP3
> | format and boasts some 300,000 subscribers.
> |
> | Pakman believes the major record labels will also eventually
> | relent on requiring copy restrictions.
> |
> | "We really think the market is breaking our way," Pakman said. "A
> | noteworthy major will probably take some steps in this direction
> | later this year."
> `----
>
> http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_on_hi_te/apple_record_labels
>
>
> Yahoo Music, SanDisk chiefs urge labels to 'ditch DRM'
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | A senior Yahoo chief has spoken out in favour of Apple CEO Steve
> | Jobs' call for major labels to abandon digital rights technology (DRM).
> |
> | Dave Goldberg, head of Yahoo Music, says that tracks sold through
> | his service in MP3 format sell much faster than rights-protected tunes.
> `----
>
> http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17184
>
>
> The slow death of DRM
>
> ,----[ Headings ]
> | * A disaster of historical proportions
> | * Consumer litigation against DRM
> | * Digital growth is flagging
> | * Pressure to dump DRM
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/09/steve_gordon_drm/
>
>
> Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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> ,----[ Quote ]
> | 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.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
>
>
> EMI mulls sales of unprotected songs
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Music label EMI Group is in talks to release a large portion of
> | its music catalog for Web sales without technological protections
> | against piracy that are included in most music bought over the
> | Internet now, sources said Thursday.
> `----
>
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6157805.html
>
>
> Microsoft: We Like DRM
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
> | tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
> | in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
> | are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
> `----
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
> http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
>
>
> Music industry set to abandon DRM shocka
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Surprise, surprise, surprise. After all the lawsuits we've been
> | reporting about, all the fiasco's we've been through (Microsoft
> | incompatible trio MSN-Plays For Sure-Zune), and now, it seems
> | that music industry executives are finally thinking with their
> | senses and not with their ill-fated techno-paranoid logic.
> `----
>
> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=37410
>
>
> Holland Considers Banning DRM, Legalizing Filesharing
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Last year the Dutch tried to tax all MP3 players, but that proposal
> | didn't make it into law. But not to worry, they have other brilliant
> | ideas. Earlier this week, Dutch politicians suggested that it might
> | be a good idea to tax Internet traffic, and use this money to
> | compensate the music industry. This, under the condition that
> | DRM is abandoned, and people can't be charged for downloads. Say
> | what?
> `----
>
> http://torrentfreak.com/holland-considers-banning-drm-legalizing-filesharing/
>
>
> Apple DRM illegal in Norway: Ombudsman
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Apple's digital rights management lock on its iPod device and iTunes
> | software is illegal, the Consumer Ombudsman in Norway has ruled. The
> | blow follows the news that Germany and France are joining Norway's
> | action against Apple.
> `----
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/24/apple_drm_illegal_in_norway/
>
>
> Record labels rethink digital rights management at Midem
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Now that even digital music revenue growth is faltering amid
> | rampant file-sharing by consumers, the major record labels are
> | closer than ever to releasing music on the Internet with no
> | copying restrictions -- a step they once vowed never
> | to take.
> `----
>
> http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/01/21/yourmoney/music.php
>
>
> VirginMega adopts DRM-free MP3 on its music store
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | VirginMega.fr, by Lagardere, is adding more than 200,000 tracks
> | available in the MP3 256k format. So far, the store only offered
> | Microsoft's PlayForSure WMA 192k tracks, and only made a few
> | tracks available as an experiment in a similar way as Yahoo did.
> | However, France is the first country where a full-DRM store adopts
> | MP3 on a large scale.
> `----
>
> http://www.djing.com/news/1926/virginmega-adopts-drm-free-mp3-on-its-music-store/
>
>
> EMI abandons CD DRM
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | EMI has announced that it will no longer infect its CDs with DRM. I
> | remember just a few years ago when an EMI customer-service rep sent
> | an email to an irate customer promising that every CD in Europe would
> | have DRM within a decade.
> `----
>
> http://www.boingboing.net/2007/01/08/emi_abandons_cd_drm.html
>
>
> Amazon Soon Opening DRM-free MP3 Store
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Looks like rumors are afloat that Amazon is planning on a late
> | first quarter 2007 launch of a new music download store. In an
> | already crowded music download market, Amazon hopes to differentiate
> | itself in two major ways...
> `----
>
> http://www.computers.net/2006/12/amazon_soon_ope.html
>
>
> Music to be offered in MP3 file format
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | After years of selling online music digitally wrapped with copy
> | and playback restrictions designed to hinder piracy, major music
> | labels are beginning to make some songs available in the
> | unrestricted MP3 file format.
> `----
>
> http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/business/technology/16179277.htm
>
>
> Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | 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.
> `----
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6158553.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
>
>
> Vista Month: Welcome To The DRM?
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Despite some software snafu's, notably iTunes and Camera Raw data
> | mangling, we've been cautiously optimistic about Windows Vista.
> | However there is one elephant in the room that we haven't addressed
> | -- DRM. As it ships Windows Vista has support for DRM built
> | into very low-level areas of the OS.
> `----
>
> http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/02/vista_month_wel.html
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