Virgin drops Windows Media-based music download service
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| Since Virgin Digital used DRM technology from Microsoft to manage how songs
| could be played and transferred to portable devices, the service was not
| compatible with Apple's iPod line, which uses a different DRM technology and
| file format.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070924/tc_infoworld/92035
Virgin Digital can't reach escape velocity, to be grounded permanently
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070924-virgin-digital-cant-reach-escape-velocity-to-be-grounded-permanently.html
Dying Virgin urges punters: "rip to CD"
http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inquirer/news/2007/09/25/dying-virgin-urges-punters-rip-to-cd
DRM advocates getting nervous about consumer backlash
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| But the growing backlash against DRM is causing dissension in the pro-DRM
| ranks.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070923-drm-advocates-getting-nervous-about-consumer-backlash.html
And Microsoft *loves* DRM, by its own admission. Just comes to show its
character...
Related:
Music DRM in critical condition: Universal tests DRM free music sales
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| Universal Music Group has announced that the company is going to test selling
| DRM-free music to consumers in order to assess the market.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6939807.stm
Paramount: DRM may not (at least right now) please consumers
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| "Interoperability (presents) an impediment to digital distribution," he said
| during remarks at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's Aspen Summit. "I'm
| pretty confident that in the end solutions will be found. It's just a
| question of how much heat and pressure we feel before we see the light."
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http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9764237-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
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