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Posts from — November 2004
Music Rebels Seek to Tame P2P
After years of bitter battles between copyright holders and file-swapping services, the outlines of a partial truce are emerging that may soon see major record labels partner with peer-to-peer networks to create legal online music stores.
Source: ZDNet
Categories: BigMedia v P2P Providers
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Del.icio.us Apple Blocks Music Sales to Older iTunes - Forces Upgrade to Copy-Degraded Version
As it had said it would, Apple Computer is forcing customers using older versions of iTunes to upgrade to recent versions if they want to purchase music online. The company quietly disabled support for iPodDownload, a program that let customers copy music from an iPod into their iTunes library.
Source: ZDNet
Related Posts:
- Law Review Article - Microsoft's War Waged with FairUse4WM (November 13, 2006)
- Microsoft Sues Viodentia - Viodentia Responds with a Software Update (September 26, 2006)
- Microsoft Issues Takedown Notices for Sites Hosting FairUse4WM (September 17, 2006)
- Microsoft & Viodentia Play Cat & Mouse with DRM-Circumvention Tool FairUse4WM (September 14, 2006)
- Hymn is Back with QTFairUse in an Ongoing Tit-for-Tat with Apple Over iTunes DRM (September 13, 2006)
- Microsoft's PlayForSure DRM Successfully Hacked (August 25, 2006)
- iTunes Locks out DRM-Free Purchases - Breaks PyMusique (March 21, 2005)
- Apple Brings Discord to Hymn (January 13, 2005)
- Apple Blocks Music Sales to Older iTunes - Forces Upgrade to Copy-Degraded Version (November 3, 2004)
- Hacker Takes Bite out of Apple's iTunes (August 12, 2004)
- Is Real's Hacking of iPod Legal? (July 30, 2004)
- RealNetworks Breaks Apple's Hold on iPod (July 26, 2004)
- iTunes DRM Cracked Wide Open for GNU/Linux (January 25, 2004)
Categories: Copy Restrictions, DRM Arms Race, DRM Circumvention
No-Guilt Downloads: Free Books, Music, and Movies
A few brave musicians similarly post free copies of their albums online and allow people to record and distribute their concerts for free. In most cases, the creators retain copyright to the books or recordings, but they permit fans to make copies for their own use. Many other works–books, music, and even films–are in the public domain. This means that you can download them, upload them, package and sell them–whatever. They’re free, period.
Source: PCWorld
Categories: Artists Against DRM, New Business Models
