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Apple, Amazon may hold future of DRM-free music
May 17, 2007
Sales of unprotected music at retailers could help determine whether record industry adopts open MP3s.
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Year in review: Copy protection goes mainstream
January 3, 2004
Hackers and critics kept up their opposition, but consumers and businesses began accepting digital rights management.
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SunnComm Technologies
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InterTrust Technologies
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Macrovision Corp.
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Windows Media
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Microsoft Corp.
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Group takes nonstandard try at antipiracy standard
October 2, 2003
Frustrated by the lack of a copy protection standard that might help the digital content business reach the mainstream, MPEG LA is taking matters into its own hands.
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Publishing industry tackles digital rights
August 18, 2004
Copyright issues are just as tough when it comes to text and photos as they are for music and movies.
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Microsoft Corp.
Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?
November 12, 2005
Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs.
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Group calls for copy protection Rosetta stone
July 20, 2004
MPEG founder looks for standards that let portable music and video players speak the same language.
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Leonardo Chiariglione
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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.
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Home electronics giants launch antipiracy strategy
January 19, 2005
Taking aim at Microsoft and Apple, consumer electronics companies say they'll build their own copy protection system.
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Microsoft sues over source code theft
September 26, 2006
Alleged hacker known as "Viodentia" broke through copy-protection tools using Redmond's own code, company charges.
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Tech powers seek antipiracy accord
October 4, 2004
Group hopes to end the morass of copy-protection technologies that has rendered much digital content and hardware incompatible.
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Philips Electronics N.V.
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Microsoft Corp.
Stalemate on digital content?
November 6, 2003
Rights-management schemes are threatening to put customers under proprietary lock and key. And critics warn that Microsoft is gaining too much power, from multimedia to corporate memos.
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Napster Inc.
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Microsoft Office
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Microsoft Corp.
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IBM prepares lockbox for home networks
September 16, 2003
The computer giant readies a digital rights management strategy that includes software controls aimed at preventing illegal use of commercial media.
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IBM Corp.
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Microsoft Corp.
Microsoft fixes potential antipiracy hole
February 17, 2005
Japanese programmers spotlight flaw in Redmond's antipiracy protections, but the company moves to block the hack.
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Program points way to iTunes DRM hack
November 25, 2003
The Norwegian programmer who created a widely used DVD-cracking tool turns his attention to Apple's copy protection for iTunes.
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MPEG founder seeks copy-protection accord
September 30, 2003
Digital media experts led by the founder of the group that created the MPEG set of media standards launch a forum that's aimed at standardizing copy protection technology.
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FAQ: Vista's strong, new antipiracy protections
August 30, 2005
Microsoft is working closely with studios in ways that could affect your home entertainment system. Here's what you need to know.
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Microsoft Windows Vista
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MP3 getting antipiracy makeover
March 2, 2004
The file-swapping technology associated with the original Napster era is being transformed to block unauthorized copying and take advantage of now-popular legal services.
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Thomson Corp.
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Napster Inc.
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The digital home: Still a handyman's special?
May 9, 2007
Someday soon, it'll be easy to stream video to every room and every device. For now, it's still a labor of love.Bringing wireless connections home
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Attack targets Sony 'rootkit' fix
November 16, 2005
Security firm reports Web sites intended to exploit a flaw in a Sony program designed to remedy security problems in copy-protected CDs.
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Sony BMG Music Entertainment
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Labels to dampen CD burning?
June 2, 2004
New tools would limit backups from ordinary CDs and prevent burned versions from being used to create further copies. And the effort could also carry over to services such as iTunes.
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