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Ballmer: iPods packed with stolen tunes

October 4, 2004 Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer applauds the software giant's own digital rights management efforts and takes shots at archrival Apple. TAGS: digital-rights management, Steve Ballmer, Apple Computer, music, London, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

U.K. government rejects calls for DRM ban

February 20, 2007 Almost 1,500 sign anti-DRM petition, but U.K. officials say the technology, when certain safeguards are observed, still has value. TAGS: digital-rights management, petition, U.K., rootkit, restriction, copyright law, Steve Jobs, government, Sony Corp., CD, music

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. TAGS: digital-rights management, Amazon.com Inc., copy protection, Apple Computer, EMI Group Plc., song, label, music, retailer, music player, CD, Apple iTunes, MP3

Amazon to offer DRM-free music downloads

May 16, 2007 Music store coming later in the year is set to sell tunes unencumbered by copyright protections and ready to play on any device. TAGS: EMI Group Plc., Amazon.com Inc., digital-rights management, music download, song, digital music, music, MP3, Apple Computer

Recording industry threat looms over Net radio

July 31, 2007 Attorney Sherwin Siy says the threat to Net radio's survival is really about the recording industry's obsession to control digital music. TAGS: Webcaster, recording industry, digital-rights management, Internet radio, negotiation, rate, piracy, label, radio, threat, music, song

DRM: Media companies' next flop?

January 30, 2006 Wharton experts examine whether digital rights management is worth the effort and whether it will survive. TAGS: digital-rights management, media company, rootkit, restriction, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, digital content, professor, Sony Corp., CD, entertainment, music, TV, PC

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, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer, Apple iPod, music, song

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, Apple iTunes, song, music, digital music, copy protection

Music executives judge Jobs, lament losses

February 28, 2007 At digital music conference, industry honchos debate what's wrong with their business. At the top of the list: Apple and DRM. TAGS: digital-rights management, music industry, Steve Jobs, EMI Group Plc., digital music, conference, Apple Computer, member, music, CEO

Sony BMG settles rootkit case with 39 states

December 21, 2006 Record label to pay $4.25 million a year after acknowledging that it secretly installed antipiracy software on music CDs. TAGS: Sony BMG Music Entertainment, digital-rights management, rootkit, settlement, Sony Corp., state, antipiracy, Massachusetts, CD, Texas, agreement, California, music

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, Windows Media, hacker, representative, Microsoft Windows Media Player, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Corp., music, Microsoft Windows

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, digital-rights management, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, RealNetworks Inc., reader, Apple iTunes, Apple iTunes Music Store, Apple iPod, purpose, music, CEO, Microsoft Corp.

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: record company, Steve Jobs, digital-rights management, letter, Apple Computer, music company, Apple iTunes, online music, online store, online music company, RealNetworks Inc., music, CEO

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-rights management, Apple iTunes, digital music, Apple Computer, label, AAC, music, retailer, London, CEO

Will Sony's DRM nightmare affect future policies?

November 12, 2005 Readers weigh in on the security debacle surrounding Sony's rootkit music CDs. TAGS: rootkit, digital-rights management, copy protection, Sony Corp., nightmare, CD, security, music

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, digital-rights management, interoperability, France, Apple iTunes, online music company, legislation, online music, Apple Computer, rule, process, Sun Microsystems Inc., music, Apple iPod

Music exec slams mobile entertainment experience

February 14, 2007 Buying music and other content on mobile phones is unnecessarily complicated and expensive, Warner Music's CEO says. TAGS: digital-rights management, Warner Music Group Corp., record company, Steve Jobs, Apple Computer, Barcelona, mobile phone, Apple iPhone, entertainment, exec, song, music, cell phone, CEO, U.S., Apple iPod

Music industry: 'We'll make you pay for downloads'

December 10, 2004 Record labels are at last ready to consider using the Net to deliver content. The question is--how to make money off it? TAGS: ready, music industry, digital-rights management, copyright law, business model, British Telecommunications, managing director, speakers, London, music, video

Music meets politics in Darfur campaign

June 1, 2007 A widget called MixedTape carries the tune in an online fundraiser by Amnesty International that features John Lennon songs. TAGS: MySpace, song, album, Apple iTunes, campaign, digital-rights management, music, e-commerce

Tech giants lock down wireless content

January 30, 2004 A group of technology heavyweights is expected to announce new technology for securing music and video on wireless devices. TAGS: Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., digital-rights management, wireless device, content management, entertainment company, Panasonic, wireless network, Intel, cell phone, Nokia Corp., music, Samsung Electronics, Wi-Fi, entertainment, video, TV
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