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Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.com

Russia agrees to shut down Allofmp3.comAnother battle won while losing the warThey shut down AllOfMp3, well, that sucks for AllOfMp3 and their customers (I never purchased, unlike Itunes, etc where the artist can get from between 0 and 7 cents, they always get nothing from AOMP3), they just can't see...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, MPAA, criminal organisation, RIAA, AllofMP3.com, music

Discussion threads 2006-11-29

About that supposedly legal MP3 download site in Russia....

Back when I first started complaining about how a 99 cent song purchased at the iTunes Music Store couldnt be played back on my $20,000 whole-home entertainment system a shining example of the problem with DRM technology, a bunch of people suggested that I could legally buy music that would...

Tags: AllofMP3.com, music

Blog posts 2006-10-05

U.K. music industry to sue AllofMP3.com

U.K. music industry to sue AllofMP3.comAllofmp3 = piracyWell, if you had any doubt on whether or not this was actually piracy, I think it's pretty clear that these guys aren't paying royalties to anyone. So as long as you're gonna pirate, might as well stick with P2P and Usenet where...

Tags: Apple Inc., AllofMP3.com, RIAA, piracy

Discussion threads 2006-06-07

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.com

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.comDavid you would probably be wrong to make that assumption>the fact that it's not shut down yet leads me to believe that the Russian authorities are not yet convinced of the site's illegalityI would do more CYA before suggesting that AllOfMP3.com is possibly legit.I...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, IFPI, AllofMP3.com, music, digital-rights management, Russian Law

Discussion threads 2005-09-29

IFPI's update on the illegality of AllofMP3.com

In response to the difficulties I've been having getting my $20,000 whole home audio/video setup to play the 99 cent songs I'm purchasing online, several readers wrote to me about a Russian outfit that they thought was legally selling digital music a la carte without wrapping the music in any...

Tags: AllofMP3.com

Blog posts 2005-09-29

Additional Resources

The implosion of music DRM

The implosion of music DRMWhat's so hard to understand?* DRM-free is worth more to the purchaser* DRM costs the distributor* The cost of DRM is passed to the purchaserNet result to the purchaser: higher price, lower value.Basic economics.Tiers has been done...Tiers has been done with the tiers relating not to...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, music, digital-rights management, implosion, DRM-free

Discussion threads 2008-01-04

Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killer

Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killerIt should be 320K bit rateOr even better, direct full bitrate downloads! Apple needs competition since they're no angels themselves when it comes to DRM.RE: Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killer89¢ is a lot more than 0, thoughRE: Amazon launches DRM-free iTunes killerI think its a...

Tags: Digital media, EMusic, Amazon.com Inc., DRM-free iTunes killer, DRM-free iTunes, killer

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Ailing music biz set to relax digital restrictions

Ailing music biz set to relax digital restrictionsIt always hurts... but we told you so.Failure of visionThe funny thing to me is that they don't seem to understand that in selling music on cd's, they're already selling non-DRMed digital copies of songs, which are just as easy to share as...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, music, RIAA

Discussion threads 2007-01-02

U.N. debate swirls around domain name power

U.N. debate swirls around domain name powerI like it too.Very easy to check spelling in the body of the text instead of having to copy/spell check/paste.Kudos to the Mozilla and FF team for always making the product better!US cooperation not neededUS: "I'm the leader, follow me."World: "OK"US: "It's all mine"World:...

Tags: Domain names, Leadership, Socialism, domain name, leader, yuck

Discussion threads 2006-11-02

TVUPlayer: Another Napster?

TVUPlayer: Another Napster?It's easy to stop them, just like allofmp3.com ...Just tell Visa and Mastercard to deny all charges from the vendor. That's what the US government told them to do on allofmp3.com, online gambling, and other sites that are "disapproved" of by the Feds.With the de facto monopoly that...

Tags: Channel management, TVUPLAYER, Napster Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-10-24

Visa halts its service for allofmp3.com

Visa halts its service for allofmp3.comI think I might just cancel my VISANot that I have ever used or will ever use this sites service I just don't like that VISA is telling where I can use thier card when the competitors aren't.ROFL... America is becoming a joke"That doesn't satisfy...

Tags: Government, RIAA, Visa Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-10-18

About that supposedly legal MP3 download site in Russia....

About that supposedly legal MP3 download site in Russia....There are legal DRM-Less music download sitesThe internet archive for one has a collection of Opensource music and Live band recordings which the artist gave permision for them to hist. It can be found here http://www.archive.org/index.php most notably is the...

Tags: Digital media, Digital music, rights association, MP3

Discussion threads 2006-10-05

World premier video: The Sequel to CRAP

World premier video: The Sequel to CRAPWhy proprietary DRM walls?As you know, DRM exists at the behest of the content companies. If the companies didn't want it, it would disappear.The content companies also set the rules implemented by DRM. If they change the rules, then those rules...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, video, digital-rights management

Discussion threads 2006-06-02

I don't want my MTV

I don't want my MTVAhh, don't you just love DRM?Welcome to the world of DRM where the users aren't in charge: it is content providers or guys over there. As I said before, the reason I don't believe MS has not done well against Apple, is because its users like...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), CD, MTV, digital-rights management, software

Discussion threads 2006-05-16

Studios, RIAA target student piracy

Studios, RIAA target student piracyGreed, greed & more greed.Seriously sooner or later they have to realize that they can't stop p2p.Isn't China a more profitable target?What with a rather larger piracy problem over there, surely efforts are being made over there in direct ratio to the efforts being made in...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), media cost, RIAA, CD

Discussion threads 2006-04-27

Probe may delay change in digital music prices

Probe may delay change in digital music pricesFor thoseof you who subscribe to the, we do not need Government, here is another reason why we have Government.Spitzer rocksWe New Yorkers are very lucky to have someone like this who is actually willing to support the rights of consumers and crack...

Tags: Pricing, Web browsers, Marketing research, Digital media, digital music, AllPeers, pricing strategy

Discussion threads 2006-01-04

DRM - A necessary evil

Mike Evangelist's Writer Block Live has an interesting post about his disdain for the Digital Rights Management DRM included in music purchased from the iTunes Music Store. In it he says that he's not going to "spend a another dime on content that I can’t use the way I please."...

Tags: digital-rights management

Blog posts 2005-11-13

Dump the DRM? Sign me up!

Dump the DRM? Sign me up!DMCA is the keystone to the whole thing.I can only hope at some point that it will be thrown out. I posted this in the previous DRM blog but I'm going to post this link again.http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/ptech/10/04/music.copy.reut/index.htmlIronically musicians could potentially be violating the DMCA by...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Advertising & Promotion, U.S. Copyright Office, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Dave Berlind, RIAA, digital-rights management, music, DMCA

Discussion threads 2005-10-04

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recursHave you tried MP3Tunes or Magnatune?Both Magnatune.com and MP3Tunes don't put any DRM on their music. Or you could try BadApple to get iTunes songs onto other players.This is one of many problemswith the current line of thinking within this...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, recording industry, digital-rights management, music

Discussion threads 2005-09-27

The DRM nightmare: Not only does it get worse, it recurs

Judging by my email, the number of Talkbacks, and our traffic reports, my story about how my $20,000 worth of audiophile gear can't play the 99 cent songs that I buy la carte struck a chord with a lot of people. As more people turn into consumers of digital...

Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, Apple Computer Inc., digital-rights management, digital content, music, Microsoft Corp., Apple iTunes, Apple iPod

Blog posts 2005-09-27