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Major Music Labels Move Away from DRM for all the Wrong Reasons: The Apple Implications
08:38 AM / 05 Jan 2008 Filed in: randomness
| technology
As reported by Business Week yesterday,
Sony BMG Music Entertainment is finalizing
plans to sell songs without the copyright
protection software that has long restricted
the use of music downloaded from the Internet.
Since their whole rootkit thing
when so well for them, I guess it was only a
matter of time before they jumped on the DRM
free bus.
Sony BMG would become the last of the top four music labels to drop DRM, following Warner Music Group, which in late December said it would sell DRM-free songs through Amazon.com's digital music store. EMI and Vivendi's Universal Music Group announced their plans for DRM-free downloads earlier in 2007.
The irony behind this move by all the major labels to step away from DRM has very little to do with accommodating the needs of their customers, but a feeble attempt to supplement distribution channels. Apple is a primary reason behind the labels shift to DRM free, but the labels newfound interest has little to do with customer benefit or even a business ploy that will affect Apple's digital music leadership position. Let me explain... Read More...
Sony BMG would become the last of the top four music labels to drop DRM, following Warner Music Group, which in late December said it would sell DRM-free songs through Amazon.com's digital music store. EMI and Vivendi's Universal Music Group announced their plans for DRM-free downloads earlier in 2007.
The irony behind this move by all the major labels to step away from DRM has very little to do with accommodating the needs of their customers, but a feeble attempt to supplement distribution channels. Apple is a primary reason behind the labels shift to DRM free, but the labels newfound interest has little to do with customer benefit or even a business ploy that will affect Apple's digital music leadership position. Let me explain... Read More...
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Backyard Home Theater Award Winner in smarthome.com Home Control Contest
08:11 AM / 20 Jul 2007 Filed in: backyard
theater | technology
Today I was informed that my backyard theater was
awarded second place in smarthome.com’s “Home
Control Contest.” Each entrant needed to put
together a brief description of how they automated
some portion of their home. Well, since last summer
we’ve been doing movies in our backyard. And since
our October party, I’ve managed to have a Mac Mini
run the whole show.
To see how I “turbo charged” our backyard movie theater, check out the complete video on how it was done.
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To see how I “turbo charged” our backyard movie theater, check out the complete video on how it was done.
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Aperture 1.0 Users get a Apple Store Credit
07:30 AM / 13 Apr 2006 Filed in: technology
Hmmmm, me thinks Apple realized they released a
less-than-stellar product. Please let me know the
last time you saw Apple (or any other manufacturer
for that matter) reduce the cost of a product
between dot versions!
OK, good form that Apple realized their user community was less than happy about the 1.0 release (check out the forums if you don't believe me) and took corrective measures. According to the Apple site:
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OK, good form that Apple realized their user community was less than happy about the 1.0 release (check out the forums if you don't believe me) and took corrective measures. According to the Apple site:
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