boingboing.net - 1/9/2009
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Looks like Apple's going to drop the DRM on the music in the iTunes store -- but there's no indication that the DRM that's too evil to be borne for music will be likewise dropped from audiobooks and video. Right now, Apple will only sell audiobooks from Audible -- and Audible will only sell ...
crave.cnet.co.uk - 1/13/2009
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crave.cnet.co.uk —
Apple's iTunes Store is almost completely DRM-free ,
and will be entirely DRM-free from spring. This means...
files downloaded from iTunes work on heaps of devices that aren't from Apple. What better way to celebrate the final bullet to the living ...
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iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know
eff.org - 1/9/2009
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eff.org —
At this week's Macworld Expo, Apple announced that
by April, music from the iTunes Store will no...
longer be shackled by digital rights management (DRM). Finally, DRM is good and fully dead for digital music -- gone from CDs, gone from downloads, and ...
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Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors
secure.commentworks.com - 1/7/2009
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secure.commentworks.com —
Title: Notice and Request for Public Comments Subject
Category: FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management...
Technologies - Event Takes Place Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Seattle Published: To Be Added Comments Due: January 30, 2009 How To ...
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Federal Trade Commission - Comment Form
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The EFF on Apple DRM CRAP
p2pnet news —
... Apple’s new Macbooks feature DRM-laden video ports that only output certain content to “approved” displays;.
Apple requires iPod accessory vendors to use a licensed “authentication chip” in order to make accessories to access certain features on newer iPods and iPhones;
The iTunes Store will still lock down movies and TV programs with FairPlay DRM;
Audiobook files purchased through the iTunes Store will still be crippled by Audible’s DRM restrictions.
The majority of these DRM efforts ...
Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors
MacBytes.com —
... in order to make accessories to access certain features on newer iPods and iPhones; The iTunes Store will still lock down movies and TV programs with FairPlay DRM; Audiobook files purchased through the iTunes Store will still be crippled by Audible's DRM restrictions .
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techcrunch.com 1/6/2009 —
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Technology 1/8/2009
The reviews are in for Apple's senior vice president, who stood in for CEO Steve Jobs during Macworld's famous keynote address this week, and they are five stars.
Another 524,000 US jobs go —
The Register 1/9/2009
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