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Studios Unveil DVD Copying Schemes; Aim To Provide Piracy Alternative - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 21 Nov 2007 06:20 AM PST

The good news: Movie studios recognize that strict DRM on DVDs helps make piracy and illegal downloading an attractive route for consumers so various schemes are now being rolled out…

UK Music Retailers To Labels: ‘Drop DRM By Christmas’ - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 20 Nov 2007 11:22 AM PST

The writing’s on the wall for music DRM - now even the folk who sell music (the UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association) are calling on the industry to drop the protection.…

Rrcd Lbl Launches As Part Blog, Part Ad-Supported Music Store - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 14 Nov 2007 08:20 PM PST

Rcrd Lbl is the latest venture to embark on the quest for an ad-supported model to help turnaround the troubled music industry. It joins the still-struggling SpiralFrog, which started beta…

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Anti-Piracy Firm Vobile Raises Sub-$10 Million First Round From AT&T, Disney’s Steamboat - 1 Comment
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Tue 13 Nov 2007 08:28 PM PST

Santa Clara-based Vobile, a maker of anti-piracy technology, has received a sub-$10 million investment round from AT&T and Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) Steamboat Ventures, according to the WSJ. The funding was…

MLBAM Switch Breaks Licenses For Thousands Of Video Downloads; Fix Now Being Offered After Outcry - 8 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 07 Nov 2007 04:41 PM PST

Major League Baseball Advanced Media hit into a triple play with its recent switch to a new player for video downloads. Turns out the new system worked only with videos…

Citing Piracy Concerns, Penguin Pulls Out Of eMusic’s Audiobooks Download Service - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 22 Oct 2007 07:57 AM PST

Less than a month after it began selling downloads of DRM-free audiobooks, MP3 online retailer eMusic has found itself unable to keep Penguin Audio’s 150 titles as part of its…

Zucker Carries On NBCU Anti-Piracy Tradition, Then Talks Deals On CNBC - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 03 Oct 2007 08:18 PM PST

A busy Wednesday for NBCU CEO Jeff Zucker—a speech in Washington to carry on predecessor Bob Wright’s battle against piracy; and an appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box to chat about…

Microsoft Unveils Second-Gen Zunes: Flash Models, Better WiFi, MediaCenter Video Integration - 2 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 02 Oct 2007 08:35 PM PST

As expected, the next gen of Zune was announced tonight: three new players timed to hit stores in mid-November: two flash models—4GB ($149) and 8GB ($199) - and an 80GB…

Sonic Solutions Officially Launches Qflix; On-Demand DVD Burning Inching Closer To Reality - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Thu 27 Sep 2007 06:48 PM PST

The long slog towards on-demand DVD burning is slowly nearing its end. The studios have given their blessing to a system that addresses their worries about piracy, and now it’s…

Google Accused Of Hosting Hundreds Of Pirated Movies - 1 Comment
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Wed 26 Sep 2007 09:41 PM PST

The National Legal and Policy Center says a spot check of Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Video earlier this month found 300 examples of “apparently copyrighted” movies—and that the videos have been…

DRM-Free Music Retailer AnywhereCD To Close Down - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 24 Sep 2007 09:28 AM PST

So much for bravado: AnywhereCD, the San Diego-based DRM-free digital music retailer headed by MP3.com founder Michael Robertson, is shutting down, after its contract to sell both CD and digital…

@ Digital Rights Strategies ‘07: The Lines Between Watermarking And Fingerprinting Expected To Blur - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Sep 2007 07:02 AM PST

The growing importance of watermarking and fingerprinting of digital content will likely push the two different methods - the former, which depends on embedding data in content, and the latter,…

@ Digital Rights Strategies ‘07: The Uses And Misuses Of DRM - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Sep 2007 06:02 AM PST

Kicking off Jupitermedia’s Digital Rights Strategies ‘07 conference, Talal Shamoon, CEO, Intertrust, a company that develops and licenses DRM platforms, sought to defend DRM as a form of risk management…

Amazon’s Music Service Could Launch Tuesday; Bezos’ Approval Required - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 12 Sep 2007 03:36 PM PST

So says a story on Billboard.biz: Amazon.com’s (NSDQ: AMZN) online DRM-free music service could launch as soon as Tuesday next week, depending on whether CEO Jeff Bezos gives final approval…

Amazon.com’s Music Service Coming Next Month? - 3 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Fri 31 Aug 2007 10:22 AM PST

Is the world ready for it? Amazon.com’s (NSDQ: AMZN) ready to launch its world-changing music service next month, the 500th such service claiming to, well, change the world. Earlier reports…

iTunes Store Launches U.K. TV Downloads; Crippled By Lack Of Domestic Programming - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 29 Aug 2007 02:21 AM PST

Nearly two years after Apple added paid TV show downloads to U.S. iTunes Store, it has now launched the feature for U.K. customers. And what do we get? American imports…

Google Extends Playability, Offers Full Refunds For Defunct Store Videos - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 22 Aug 2007 02:46 AM PST

After a consumer backlash, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) is extending the expiration date of videos bought from its now-defunct Google Video Store and is offering customers further refunds. Earlier this month,…

French Broadband Entices With Unlimited Music; Universal Partners With Neuf Cegetel - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 21 Aug 2007 07:43 AM PST

French telcos Neuf Cegetel and France Telecom are enticing broadband subscribers with free unlimited digital music downloads. The country’s second-place Neuf Cegetel (EPA: NEUF) has struck a deal with Universal…

P2P Provider Limewire To Open DRM-free Digital Media Store - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 14 Aug 2007 12:08 PM PST

P2P operator Limewire, which has been trying for years to change its image as a popular destination for illegal file-sharing, is opening a DRM-free digital music store. At least at…

Universal Music Group To Trial DRM-Free Music; iTunes Not Included - 1 Comment
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 09 Aug 2007 06:13 PM PST

Universal Music Group (EPA:VIV), the largest music label, is definitely hedging its bets: it is going to experiment with selling digital music from artists such as Sting, 50 Cent and…

Amazon Invests In Popularity-Priced Indie Music Retailer Amie Street - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 06 Aug 2007 12:55 AM PST

Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) has led a first-round investment in Amie Street, an unusual digital music retailer for independent artists. Prices for tracks at Amie Street start free and rise in…

BBC iPlayer 120,000 Downloads In First Week - 1 Comment
Posted By Ingrid Lunden - Fri 03 Aug 2007 03:33 PM PST

The BBC’s new iPlayer has gotten off to a flying start. The broadcaster reports that in its first week, more than 120,000 people have downloaded the beta version of the…

Legal Music Downloads Growth Hit By CD Price Reductions: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 31 Jul 2007 02:32 AM PST

Growth in the number of people who legally download music is slowing, according to a new report. While last year saw 40 percent growth in legal downloaders, this year there…

Broadband Content Bits: Nielsen; Nickelodeon; Universal-EFF; Cycling.tv; iPlayer; SacBee - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Wed 25 Jul 2007 08:44 AM PST

-- Broadband video use on the rise: About 81 million people, or 63 percent of the 129 million who have broadband connections in the U.S., watch broadband video at home…

Microsoft Roundup: New DRM Crack; Ask.com Partnership; Search Gains - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 17 Jul 2007 08:13 AM PST

Amongst a mixed bag of Microsoft news, the Redmond, Wash. company is facing another DRM attack. The new version of software that cracks DRM on Microsoft’s WMA audio and WMV…