DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys
Another reason for free netlabel music, seen on ars technica:
Customers who have purchased music from Microsoft’s now-defunct MSN Music store are now facing a decision they never anticipated making: commit to which computers (and OS) they want to authorize forever, or give up access to the music they paid for. Why? Because Microsoft has decided [...]
Steve Jobs about the Music Industry and DRM
Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple has posted a long article titled “Thoughts On Music“, where he is reacting to recent criticism on the DRM of the iTunes Music Store. It is an interesting article worth reading.
The third alternative is to abolish DRMs entirely. Imagine a world where every online store sells DRM-free music encoded in [...]
EFF Action Alert: Don’t Let Congress Shackle Digital Music!
Action Alert from the Electronic Freedom Foundation:
Dianne Feinstein’s “Platform Equality and Remedies for
Rights Holders in Music (PERFORM) Act” would permanently
hobble your ability to record off the radio and force
webcasters to use DRM formats.
If passed, future satellite and digital radio receivers
would be limited by law to what the bill calls “reasonable
recording.” To the RIAA, this [...]
