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feeds.moconews.net - 7/10/2009
Orange Drops DRM From Its Music Store
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Another nail in the coffin for copy locks - Orange is switching off DRM across the two million tracks in its Orange Music Store . The move will apply to both channel in the dual-mode store - PC download and mobile download. Some 700,000 tracks had DRM switched off last week, the rest will be ...
thedigitalist.net - 7/14/2009
DRM Is Not Evil
— thedigitalist.net — At Pan Macmillan we are no great fans of DRM. For a while now we have been... selling a limited range of titles DRM free from our website; these are titles where the authors have requested that we retail sans DRM. Many writers are in favour of this, and ... (more) DRM Is Not Evil

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moconews.net - 7/10/2009
@ Midem: Orange Plans DRM-Free Music Rentals, Still Talking To Nokia
— moconews.net — “Our intention definitely in 2008 is to drop DRM, so we can have a truly interoperable service... linked with network access”, music product development director Brenda O’Connell told mocoNews.net. Orange UK launched converged music downloads using ... (more) @ Midem: Orange Plans DRM-Free Music Rentals, Still ...

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arstechnica.com - 7/16/2009
Forced to connect: C&C 4 requires always-on Internet
— arstechnica.com — The issue of LAN play has become a hot-button issue for PC gamers ever since we found... out that StarCraft 2 will have no support for it . Be prepared for an even larger backlash against a well-known RTS franchise however, as EA has ... (more) Forced to connect: C&C 4 requires always-on Internet

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British operator Orange dropping DRM from their music store
IntoMobile - Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis — ... Over 700,000 of Orange’s 2 million tracks had their DRM turned off recently, with the rest of the tracks in Orange’s music store soon to follow says mocoNews. This is a welcome change for people who hate DRM, and for consumers who will now be able to freely move their music between whatever devices they own that happen to play MP3 files. “Our intention definitely in 2008 is to drop DRM, so we can have a truly interoperable service linked with network access” said Orange’s Music Product Development Director Brenda O’Connell in ...

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