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iTunes goes DRM-free with EMI

May 30, 2007 Songs from major music label are available via Apple's store sans digital rights management software that prevents file copying. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Apple iTunes, song, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, Steve Jobs

Norwegian watchdog scrutinizes iTunes DRM

August 3, 2006 Norway's consumer council accuses Apple of unfair practices. Apple says it's protecting the interests of musicians. TAGS: Norway, watchdog, council, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, interest, Apple iPod

Yahoo sells Jessica Simpson single sans DRM

July 20, 2006 'A Public Affair' is being sold at a relatively pricey $1.99--but without the usual copyright protection coding. TAGS: digital-rights management, copyright protection, Yahoo! Inc., MP3 music, song, MP3, Apple iTunes

Hackers crack Apple, Microsoft music codes

September 1, 2006 The arms race continues as determined programmers find ways to circumvent the two leading digital rights management technologies for music. TAGS: digital-rights management, Apple Computer, representative, Windows Media, hacker, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Media Player, music, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows

Parsing Steve Jobs' alternative views of the future

February 14, 2007 Attorney Eric J. Sinrod says Jobs' proposal for a DRM-free world is a clever gambit that puts the onus on the big music companies. TAGS: Steve Jobs, music company, digital-rights management, music, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod, Apple Computer, song

Ups and downs for iTunes in Europe

August 4, 2006 France enacts its controversial, and now watered-down, law as regulators in Scandinavia scrutinize the music service. TAGS: Scandinavia, Apple iTunes, France, digital-rights management, law, Apple Computer

Getting Bad with Apple

September 13, 2005 Michael Robertson started MP3.com and Linspire. Now he's taking on Apple and iTunes with BadApple. TAGS: MP3.com Inc., Linspire, open standard, Steve Jobs, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, digital music, digital-rights management, music player, goal, Linux, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Learning from the French iTunes legislation

July 12, 2006 Sun Labs Engineering Director Tom Jacobs says there's a way to avoid working under government directive. TAGS: bureaucracy, interoperability, digital-rights management, online music company, legislation, France, online music, Apple iTunes, rule, Sun Microsystems Inc., Apple Computer, Apple iPod

France rolls over on iTunes DRM-busting law

June 23, 2006 Under Dadvsi law, interoperability among media rivals won't be enforced when copyright holders want DRM. TAGS: digital-rights management, bill, commission, interoperability, law, France, rival, Apple Computer, Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

EMI, Apple partner on DRM-free premium music

April 2, 2007 Music label confirms that it will sell higher-quality, copy protection-free digital music through iTunes Store.Photos: Apple's DRM-free duet with EMI TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Steve Jobs, digital music, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, label, AAC, music, London, retailer, CEO

Apple criticized for embedding names, e-mails in songs

June 2, 2007 Songs available on iTunes Plus reveal users' personal information. Privacy group suspects Apple goofed. TAGS: Apple Computer, personal information, Apple iTunes, practice, digital-rights management, song, e-mail

Motorola to make Windows Media phones, keep iTunes

February 13, 2006 No. 2 handset maker says many operators, wanting to open their own music stores, have asked for the Microsoft-run phones. TAGS: Motorola Inc., handset, digital-rights management, Windows Media, handset maker, Barcelona, product marketing, Apple iTunes, operator, Nokia Corp., mobile phone, Apple Computer, WMA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Firm seeks piece of Apple pie via iPod claim

March 7, 2005 Saying Apple is violating its patents, a Hong Kong company wants 12 percent of profits from iPod and iTunes. TAGS: patent, Apple Computer, negotiation, Apple iTunes, digital-rights management, Apple iPod

France backs down on iTunes DRM stance

May 2, 2006 Proposed legislation to require Apple, others to license their copyright protection technology is watered down. TAGS: France, legislation, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, technology company, law, Apple iTunes, U.S.

News.com readers: Is Steve Jobs pigheaded?

December 7, 2005 Readers weigh in on claims that Apple's refusal to make iPod compatible with music services other than iTunes was "pigheadedness." TAGS: Rob Glaser, Steve Jobs, RealNetworks Inc., Apple Computer, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes Music Store, reader, Apple iPod, Apple iTunes, purpose, music, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

Will music industry dance again to Apple's tune?

May 31, 2007 Apple's bold gamble could push the rest of the music industry into offering DRM-free music. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., music industry, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, digital music, Apple iTunes, music, song, copy protection

Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free music

February 6, 2007 Record companies are the ones who demand digital rights management technology, not Apple, CEO says in rare open letter. TAGS: Steve Jobs, record company, digital-rights management, Apple Computer, music company, RealNetworks Inc., online music company, letter, online store, online music, Apple iTunes, music, CEO

Siggraph: Taking on fair use, privacy and DRM

August 1, 2006 Sony, the Software Freedom Law Center and others weigh in on digital rights management. TAGS: digital-rights management, interoperability, attendee, argument, rootkit, Sony Corp., conference, Apple iTunes, DVD

MP3tunes.com shuns digital rights management

February 9, 2005 Michael Robertson, MP3.com's outspoken founder, turns on his latest creation: a music download service that focuses on unsigned artists. TAGS: MP3tunes, MP3.com Inc., Linspire, digital music, Linux software, digital-rights management, online music, artist, Apple iTunes, Linux, CEO, MP3 player, Apple Computer, music, MP3, Microsoft Corp.
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