secure.commentworks.com - 1/7/2009
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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 Comment: Digital rights management (DRM) refers ...
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
techcrunch.com - 1/6/2009
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techcrunch.com —
Nearly two years ago, Steve Jobs published an
open letter to the music industry calling for the...
death of DRM (digital rights management). He convinced EMI to ditch DRM back in April, 2007, but the three other major music labels held out. Until ...
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The Price Of Going DRM-Free: Apple’s Hidden $1.8 Billion ...
i.gizmodo.com - 1/6/2009
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i.gizmodo.com —
iTunes is going DRM free and breaking their
single-price rule with three points: .69 cents, .99 cents,...
and $1.29. Not surprised, given the pressure from other music stores. The iPhone will allow 3G downloads too. The new prices will come on April ...
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iTunes Gets DRM Free, New Prices, Purchase Over 3G ...
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FTC to hold DRM referendum
TeleRead: Bring the E-Books Home —
... has had an effect after all. The Federal Trade Commission is going to hold a “town hall meeting” to discuss the issue of Digital Rights Management in general. ...
FTC wants to hear from you about DRM
Boing Boing —
... FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies - Event Takes Place Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Seattle
(Thanks, ...
LGJ: Here comes the FTC
Joystiq —
... is ready to look into "consumer protection" related to digital rights management tools. To many people, this may seem like a great idea. In general, it's not. It would be nice to give consumers some protection from some of the most draconian or ...
Federal Trade Commission Weighs In On DRM – Gamers, Speak Up [News]
Kotaku —
[image] Now’s your chance to tell the FTC how you feel about Digital Rights Management technologies – the Commission has opened up a comment form to the public. “All timely and responsive public comments, whether filed in paper or electronic form, will be considered by the Commission, and will be placed on the public record of this proceeding,” says the posted FTC notice . This matters to you, dear gamer, because DRM is a pain for gamers and hardly an obstacle for PC game pirates. Games for Windows Community Manager Ryan Miller backs this up on ...
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latimesblogs.latimes.com 1/13/2009 —
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blog.wired.com 1/7/2009 —
After years of fits, starts, threats and ultimatums Steve Jobs and three major labels have come to terms on a deal that will immediately make music available on iTunes without the digital rights management that limits music playback to Apple ...
Apple To Drop DRM, Hike Prices For Major-Label Songs?
paidcontent.org 1/6/2009 — The hot rumor for the biggest announcement of Apple's final MacWorld Expo today says DRM protection will be dropped from iTunes Store music downloads. EMI already began offering higher-fidelity, DRM-free AAC files back in May 2007, after Steve Jobs ...
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