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CES: A friendly DRM?
latimesblogs.latimes.com - 1/13/2009
CES: A friendly DRM?
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LAS VEGAS -- The Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem announced six new members at the Consumer Electronics Show here, taking one more (small) step toward its goal of creating a standard way for consumers to acquire movies and other types of entertainment online. With the additions of ...
iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know
crave.cnet.co.uk - 1/13/2009
iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know
— 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 ... (more) iTunes Plus: Everything you need to know

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eff.org - 1/9/2009
Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors
— 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 ... (more) Apple Shows Us DRM's True Colors

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secure.commentworks.com - 1/7/2009
Federal Trade Commission - Comment Form
— 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 ... (more) Federal Trade Commission - Comment Form

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Techdirt:  Friendly DRM Is An Oxymoron

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Friendly DRM Is An Oxymoron
Techdirt — ... appears that some other industries still haven't quite come to terms with the two simple facts that a few industries are finally realizing: (1) DRM does not work (2) DRM diminishes the value of your product (3) DRM pisses off your users. Despite these universal truths, every digital industry seems to go through this phase where they think that they can figure out how to do DRM right. A bunch of consumer electronics makers and movie studios are apparently working together on yet another DRM standard that they swear (this time, for real!!) will actually ...

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