RJ Eskow: Digital Rights: Talk Is Cheap But Music Ain't Free HuffingtonPost
John Fanning takes Steve Jobs out of context in order to promote the concept of artistic piracy, but he doesn't stop there. Did you know our brave soldiers fought and died so that you could download music without paying the people who worked hard to create it for you? That's what John says, and he throws Martin Luther King in for good measure. When it comes to digital rights, talk is cheap.
Jupiter Analyst: Interoperable DRM Won't Solve Music Industry Dilemma BetaNews
The lead analyst of last week's JupiterResearch report showing a majority of music industry executives in the EU agreeing that a world without digital rights management would be a world with greater revenues, told BetaNews in an exclusive interview this afternoon that his firm believes the interim solution supported by 70% of executives polled - a single, open, interoperable, standard DRM scheme
Jupiter Analyst: Interoperable DRM Won't Solve Music Industry Dilemma Addict 3D
The lead analyst of last week's JupiterResearch report showing a majority of music industry executives in the EU agreeing that a world without digital rights management would be a world with greater revenues, told BetaNews in an exclusive interview this afternoon that his firm believes a single, open, interoperable, standard DRM scheme would still be rejected by consumers.
NexTune Bridges The Digital Rights Gap Between The Music Industry and Technology SYS-CON Media
NexTune, Inc. today announced the release of version 2.4 of its music playlist software. Unlike any other music management software available, NexTune bridges the gap between the DRM (Digital Rights Management) wars now fueling the debate and legitimacy of download digital music. 'The various DRM schemes from Apple, Microsoft and Sony coupled with incompatible digital media devices and software
Most European Music Execs Agree with Jobs on DRM BetaNews
A report issued last week by JupiterResearch lead analyst Mark Mulligan, just two days after Apple CEO Steve Jobs published an open letter advocating the end of digital rights management for downloadable music, revealed that in a continental survey of European music industry executives, more than half agree with the statement that DRM measures are "overly restrictive," and an astonishing 62%
Music Execs Think DRM Slows the Marketplace Slashdot
MacGod writes "From BBC News comes a story about a Jupiter Research survey conducted before Steve Jobs's anti-DRM essay, indicating that most music industry execs see DRM-free music as a way to expand sales on digital tracks. The survey covered large and small record labels, rights bodies, digital stores, and technology providers. To summarize: 54% of music execs think that current DRM is too
Music bosses agree DRM should go Computer Active
The majority of music executives working in the European music industry believe getting rid of digital rights management (DRM) would boost online music sales.
Music's Online Holdouts Forbes
The Beatles are headed online. But some of their peers still won't sell their music on the Web.
YouTube to Post Digital Music's Old TV Shows E-Commerce Times
Digital Music Group, a provider of independent digital entertainment, said Monday it will let online video-sharing pioneer YouTube access to some of its content. Digital Music will provide certain components of its video catalog, as well as allow certain music it owns or controls the publishing rights of to be featured in user-generated videos uploaded to YouTube.
Macrovision CEO Offers to Help Apple Open FairPlay DRM The Mac Observer
Macrovision is the latest company to jump on the open letter bandwagon with its response to the comments Apple CEO Steve Jobs made against digital rights management copy protection. CEO Fred Amoroso states he feels Mr. Jobs failed to look beyond the copy protection in music, and is offering the help of his company to turn FairPlay into a DRM technology every content provider can use
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