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Greg Gillis’ Girl Talk kicks music in the ass

At the $5-or-more level, buyers can choose to download the album in [DRM-free] MP3 or FLAC format, the latter being exact copies of the original source files without compression. Also included is a single MP3 file featuring the music without track breaks. Link Moar M: mp3 or flac? T: flac is for wankers M: … [...]

How to support real (music) artists with or without “strong” copyright reform

Don’t buy DRM infected media. This includes CDs, DVDs, protected iTunes files, Microsoft Plays for sure (which by the way, usually doesn’t). DRM is a pain in the ass, you don’t need it and if Canada’s new legislation passes unamended, by accepting DRM you effectively void any privileges of how, when and where you might [...]

How the new Canadian Copyright bill fails Canadians

As reported everywhere, Canada’s industry minister introduced a new copyright bill yesterday. And it’s no good. However, assuming we need “reform” at all, there are simple changes that could go a long way to fixing it. The most important of these would be a qualifier on “anti-circumvention”. In the current bill, any circumvention is automatically [...]

DRM is the lock, this is the lock-in. Early frustrations with AppleTV markII

What you can (and can’t do) with iTunes and Apple TV rentals commented: “I bought Robocop last night and was excited to watch it when all of the sudden iTunes crashed and poof, no ‘Robocop’ when I reopened iTunes. I guess I could call Apple and get a second chance to download it but at [...]

Sony drops DRM

Like the Pope himself deciding, after all this time, to try on a rubber, and not days since I suggested it wouldn’t happen until the last blue ray was prised out of their cold dead hands, Sony (Sony!) BGM has announce plans to drop DRM* on their music. OMG. hallelujah. And just in time as [...]

And then there was one, Warner Music drops DRM

Following EMI, and Universal, Warner is the next and now second-to-last major label to drop digital protections and offer it’s whole catalog of digital music DRM-free though the Amazon media store. This is a big win for Amazon and one wonders if Itunes will follow. The lone holdout? Of course, the company that practically invented [...]

Goodbye DRM, you won’t be missed

“The slow death of digital rights” – The Economist Radioheads success is just the latest signal that DRM is dying a welcomed if unanticipated early demise. “iTunes Plus DRM-free tracks expanding, dropping to 99 cents” – Ars Technica There’s now no reason to buy any other kind of music. I just thought I’d point this [...]

 

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