Posted by Simon Perry on 11 March 2009 | Tagged as: Digital Rights Management (DRM), Industry Trends, Mobile, Music, Vodafone
Another one falls. Vodafone have announced that they are switching their music catalogue from Universal Music, Sony Music and EMI away from DRM-protected music to MP3 format. This makes Vodafone the first global mobile operator to do it. Not only will these tracks but DRM-free in the future, but people who have bought DRMd tracks [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 1 October 2008 | Tagged as: Copy Protection, Digital Rights Management (DRM), DVD, DVD-Centric, Software
A strong sense of Deja Vu is flowing thick around the Digital-Lifestyles offices today as we hear that ‘Hollywood’ is to take legal action against Real Network for their DVD copying software, RealDVD. Five years ago last month, the collected legal might of the Hollywood studios took a disliking to 321 Studios as they too [...]
Posted by Simon Perry on 26 July 2007 | Tagged as: BBC, BBC iPlayer, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft, Services, Software, UK
The BBC are stuck over support for Mac and Linux, as they’ve got a wholly Microsoft solution. Microsoft might be able to help them out further with Silverlight.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 4 July 2007 | Tagged as: Content, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Music, UK
Phone giant offers mobile music download service, with online back up.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 2 July 2007 | Tagged as: Apple, Business, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Legal, Music, USA
World’s biggest music company refuses to renew iTunes contract.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 3 April 2007 | Tagged as: Apple, Business, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Europe, Legal, Music
It’s turning from a tiff in to legal eagles as things heat up.
Posted by Mike Slocombe on 2 April 2007 | Tagged as: Apple, Content, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Music
Music giants EMI to sell unprotected music downloads through Apple’s iTunes service.
Posted by Simon Perry on 24 January 2007 | Tagged as: Broadband, Computer-Centric, Cross platform, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Distribution, Industry Trends, Microsoft, Shift to Web delivery, Sky, UK
The content-to-PC service has passed its 1 million film download marker.
Posted by Simon Perry on 24 January 2007 | Tagged as: Computer-Centric, Content, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Shift to Web delivery, TV related, UK
How can the public expect to accept the restrictions of DRM when it’s this hard to use?
Posted by Simon Perry on 13 December 2006 | Tagged as: Cellular, Content, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Mobile, Music
At long last, DRM-Interchange looks like it’s finally getting going. Watch this one, it’s important.
