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- EU: Apple is violating antitrust laws
- Today the European Union EU announced that an investigation of Apple is underway for antitrust violations related to the pricing of music sold through the iTunes store.Whats happened so far is that the European Commission EC has issued Apple with a statement of objections to Apple. This statement lays...
- Tags: Legal, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- Photos: Apple's DRM-free duet with EMI
- Apple and EMI will make digital tunes available via the iTunes store without controversial copyright protections and with a bigger price tag.
- Tags: Digital media, EMI Group Plc., Apple Computer Inc., copyright protection, digital-rights management, Apple iTunes, photograph
- Image galleries 2007-04-02
- Steve Job's calculus: Dealmaking, dollars means DRM is dead
- Apple and EMI have found an interesting way to rid the world of digital rights management software for just a little extra pocket change. Apple will offer DRM-free music from EMI for $1.29 per song see Techmeme discussion. To entice you to pay a little more for DRM-free...
- Tags: Web Technology, Software Infrastructure, Personal Technology, General, Enterprise 2.0, DRM, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Apple TV ships; Vista PCs need not apply
- Apple said it shipped Apple TV today and well now get a feel for how big of a product this will be for Steve Jobs & Co. Apple TV allows you to port content from your PC and iTunes to your television set. Walt Mossberg gave it the thumbs up...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, Apple TV, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-03-21
- The EU's ongoing joust with iTunes
- In what some articles have characterized as an EU that has backed down over iTunes, Meglena Kuneva, EU Commissioner for Consumer Protection, re-characterized her previous words that chastised Apple over its closed DRM model as merely a means by which to start the debate over ways "to develop this market...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Apple iTunes, digital-rights management, CD, Apple Computer Inc., music
- Blog posts 2007-03-16
- Apple releases iTunes 7.1
- Apple yesterday released iTunes 7.1 (28MB) for Mac and Windows. The updated version adds support for Apple TV, full screen Cover Flow and improved sorting options. Using iTunes 7.1, you can now enjoy your favorite iTunes movies, TV shows, music, and more from the comfort of your living room with...
- Tags: iTunes, Software
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- Has iTunes opened it doors to 'indie' film producers?
- After ten months of negotiations (read: pestering), Apple has agreed to sell downloads of the indie snowboarding film, That, through the companys iTunes video download store. This is the first time that Apple has accepted content that doesnt come from an established or major distributor; essentially cutting out the middleman,...
- Tags: Apple, Video Sharing, Music
- Blog posts 2007-03-01
- MP3.com founder to Jobs: open up iTunes and iPods. Do you agree?
- Michael Robertson, who founded MP3.com, knows a few things about selling downloaded music over the Internet. As such, Michael has the cred to challenge Apple CEO Steve Jobs when Steve says that Digital Rights Management is outmoded and that the major music labels need to be more open-minded about...
- Tags: General, Apple, Apple iTunes, IPODS
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- The RIAA and Norway respond to Jobs
- A few days ago, Steve Jobs defended his companys decision to keep its FairPlay DRM exclusive to the iTunes store and iPod music players (among other things, such as declaring his preference for sale of DRM-free music). Central to that argument, however, was his insistence that the only way to...
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Wired & Wireless, Apple, DRM, Apple Computer Inc., FairPlay DRM
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Apple: put your DRM money where Jobs' mouth is
- My immediate response to Steve Jobs DRM essay is in line with thoughts already expressed by Cory Doctorow and Lawrence Lessig, to wit: if Apple is serious about encouraging a consumer friendly, non-DRMd music landscape, it has no excuse for failing to offer independent artists the option of selling...
- Tags: Copyright, DRM, Licenses, User generated content, digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Jobs on DRM: We want iTunes to be DRM free, but...
- Apple CEO Steve Jobs in a blog post today says his company would embrace DRM-free music "in a heartbeat" if "the big four music companies would license Apple their music without the requirement that it be protected with a DRM." If...
- Tags: General, Web Technology, Hollywood on Demand, Apple, DRM, music, digital-rights management
- Blog posts 2007-02-06
- Apple 'few weeks away' from updating iTunes for Vista
- Apple is advising users attempting to use iTunes on Windows Vista to wait a few more weeks for an update that will be designed to be Vista-compatible from the get-go. Some Vista users arent having iTunes compatibility problems, but others, especially those upgrading to Vista from Windows 2000 or...
- Tags: App Compatibility, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista, Windows client, Zune
- Blog posts 2007-02-04
- Apple releases iTunes purchases patch for Vista
- Windows users upgrading to Vista were shocked to discover that music purchased from the iTunes store wouldnt play after upgrading to Redmonds latest OS. In response to the problem Apple yesterday released The iTunes Repair Tool for Vista 1.0 (Download ID: sd12872) - which allows music purchased from the...
- Tags: Software, iTunes, Apple iTunes, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Blog posts 2007-02-02
- iTunes fertile new ground: PDFcasting
- iTunes is the master of its domain when it comes to digital music distribution and Apple is even breaking into online distribution of podcasts, music videos, TV show and movies. But theres a virtually untapped new market on the horizon for Apples venerable music distribution platform: magazines and books.Apple has...
- Tags: Software, iTunes, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes, Adobe PDF
- Blog posts 2007-01-25
- My take on Apple's music monopoly case
- Larry Dignan recently had an excellent overview of the antitrust tying case currently pending against Apple. The case is pled as a class action, and the determination of whether class action treatment is appropriate can often determine whether or not, as a practical matter, the case will proceed. ...
- Tags: Lawsuits, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iPod, Apple iTunes
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Build your own iTunes store!
- Perhaps a byproduct of Apples growing popularity, Apple is starting to face angry interest groups in Europe, albeit in subtantially lesser form than the opprobrium normally directed at Microsoft. According to an article on MSNBC, German and French consumer interest groups recently joined forces with a Norwegian effort to force...
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Wired & Wireless, Mobile, Apple, Apple Computer Inc., Apple iTunes, iTunes Store
- Blog posts 2007-01-22
- Apple responds to (mostly scoffs at) music monopoly complaint
- If Apple responds to Ciscos iPhone trademark complaint by calling it "silly" one can only imagine how the company would handle respond to a class action suit alleging a digital music monopoly. Imagine no more. The response is almost comical...
- Tags: General, Personal Technology, Web Technology, Apple, Apple Computer Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-01-12
- Apple TV
- Back in September, in an unusual move for Apple, the company tipped its hand by demonstrating many of the features, as well as the availability and pricing, of what was then known as "iTV." But the show left us with as many questions as answers, and we wondered whether the...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital music, Digital media, Apple TV, Apple Computer Inc., TV, Apple iTunes
- Product reviews 2007-01-10
- Thoughts on Apple iPhone and Apple TV
- So, after months of speculation, Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at Macworld. And from a tech perspective its a sweet-lookin gadget. We also get more information in Apple TV, previously known as iTV. One common thread, all try to tie you firmly to iTunes.First surprise - the...
- Tags: Uncategorized, Apple Computer Inc., iPhone, Apple iTunes, Apple TV, Apple iPhone
- Blog posts 2007-01-09
- Will Apple bring social networking to iTunes?
- Steve Jobs will be delivering his latest keynote speech at Macworld tomorrow, and as is usual in these matters, the rumors and pundit-driven predictions are coming thick and fast. As an Apple fan I know not to confuse what Id like to see announced in San Francisco with what is...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, networking, Apple iTunes, Apple Computer Inc., music, social networking
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
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