rapidtvnews.com - 11/13/2008
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Huggers is being disingenuous about Apple and DRM. Just look at the huge amount of programming that the BBC delivers through iTunes each and every week. No DRM problems with these, so why should "iPlayer dowloads" be any different. The BBC is renowned for reinventing the wheel when they could ...
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macnn.com - 11/19/2008
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macnn.com —
A year after iTunes began offering music without
copy protection software from EMI, Apple is in discussions...
with the other three top recording companies about acquiring DRM-free songs, according to two music industry sources. The talks are still ...
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Sources: Apple, music labels talk DRM-free songs | ...
macnn.com - 11/19/2008
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macnn.com —
Norway's Consumer Ombudsman has said that he will
take Apple before the country's Market Council , as...
the computer manufacturer failed to provide a sufficient response to request that iTunes be made compatible with other media players than the iPod, ...
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iPodNN | Apple ignores Norway's deadline for iTunes DRM ...
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UK: The BBC isn’t that amused at Apple…
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis —
... Rapidtvnews.com is reporting that the BBC wasn’t overly positive about Apple’s stance to DRM, during a talk about the success of iPlayer recently. Incidentally, the Beeb also rolled out some BIG numbers about iPlayer usage…: ...
iPlayer causing ruckus between Apple and BBC
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... a daily growth from 361,000 to 759,000 during the same period.
The BBC team discussed the matter of download and the Apple iPhone, with the issue being that Apple will not licence Fairplay DRM to anyone, which means without passing content via iTunes it isn’t possible to protect premium content of mobile devices. Aunty Beeb wants to have download for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPod Touch, but Apple is still sticking to their guns over DRM licensing.
Source – rapidtvnews
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