Getting Going with Gowers
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| None is thornier than DRM. Again and again in this document, questions arise
| about how people can be given the ability to derive the full benefit of
| copyright material when DRM gets in the way - and to what extent they should
| be allowed to circumvent it.
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| Of course, my answer is simple: get rid of the whole damn lot. Even a year or
| two that might have seemed radical or utopian, but with nearly all the main
| record labels embracing that strategy - and the film companies about to begin
| their own slow slouch towards Bethlehem - I think it will soon be seen as the
| best and most sensible thing to do.
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http://opendotdotdot.blogspot.com/2008/01/getting-going-with-gowers.html
Will DRM-Free Movement Bite Apple?
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| As more music companies begin offering content without DRM restrictions,
| Apple might find itself in the paradoxical position of being a stubborn DRM
| holdout. Although Apple continues to hold a dominating lead in the sale of
| portable media players, the impact of consumer demand for DRM-free content is
| most likely to be felt at iTunes.
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http://business.newsfactor.com/news/Will-DRM-Free-Movement-Bite-Apple-/story.xhtml?story_id=020000N67K0O
http://tinyurl.com/2jyoqr
They let Apple be with DRM.
Apple seen set to resolve Europe's iTunes case
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| Apple will soon announce steps to resolve European Commission charges that
| its iTunes stores broke EU rules by setting prices country by country in
| Europe, people familiar with the situation said on Tuesday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6225118.html
This is said to be a lawsuit which Microsoft might be running by proxy (again).
It seems like the politicians are still in the pockets of big corporations that
earn from DRM (see below).
Related and recent:
Action alert: Don't let the EU sanction DRM
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| Yesterday, Viviane Reding, European Union commissioner for information
| society and media, issued a report sanctioning a "transparent" DRM framework
| for the EU. This irresponsible and senseless report comes just a day before
| Sony BMG announced that they would join Warner Music Group, EMI, and
| Vivendi's Universal Music Group in selling DRM-free music downloads in the
| United States.
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/Do_Not_Sanction_DRM
EU seeks single market for online services
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| The European Commission will make proposals by mid-2008 aimed at creating a
| single European market in the burgeoning sector of online music, films, and
| games, it said on Thursday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6224553.html
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