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- Fewer distractions on ebook readers give you better reading experience than on phones
- Fewer distractions on ebook readers give you better reading experience than on phonesI haven't read a novel in about 20 yearsVirtually all the reading I've done over the past 20+ years, have been technical or non-novel oriented, and in those cases, PCs and devices have served me well. Dedicated ebook...
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?
- iTunes finally goes DRM-free ... does anyone really care?Playing catchupI think most people don't care because, unlike WMV, Apple's Fairplay was such an unrestrictive DRM, most people never even knew it was there.Just everybody.Did they forget to mention that iTunes is the largest music store by far?Well, if you exclude...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiers
- Apple iTunes goes all DRM free, with three price tiersSo it'll be a net price increaseseeing as most downloads are of newer songs.Not that I mind a fair increase every once and a while. But I wish I had known that before I had purchased some iTune gift cards for...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-06
- Rumor: iTunes music to go DRM-free today
- Rumor: iTunes music to go DRM-free todayIt would be a good step forward.Removing DRM would be a good step forward - and a move towards what has already been done with Amazon.com and other online music stores.IMHO the companies just held out on letting Apple remove the DRM because iTunes...
- Discussion threads 2008-12-09
- Apple: iTunes hits 5 billion songs sold mark
- Apple: iTunes hits 5 billion songs sold markI notice Apple has been VERY quiet about AppleTVApple is known for highlighting every success, no matter how small. I find it interesting that no one at Apple is talking about how many millions of AppleTVs have been sold. Makes me think that,...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-19
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-01-04
- Amazon's e-book coming Monday?
- Amazon's e-book coming Monday?DRM free?It'd be nice if you were right about Amazon bringing out some new spin on e-books, especially if a the books themselves are DRM free and b they're making available a decent reader that isn't tied to any particular format.Books have more longevity than songs. If...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 store
- Amazon launches DRM-free MP3 storeYup, the end is in sightFirst Apple and no Amazon offering DRM free for less than price of I-Tunes DRM free songs and on top of that some songs will cheaper than even regular I-Tunes. The end of DRM is in sight.Why a separate downloader????NT Suck...
- Discussion threads 2007-09-25
- News to know: iPhone; Dell's net gear; DRM-free movies
- News to know: iPhone; Dell's net gear; DRM-free moviesRSSHey, this RSS news feed aggregator thing is cool.I didn't know it was here.Bloglines watch out!
- Discussion threads 2007-05-18
- Can we expect to see DRM-free movies any time soon?
- If DRM-free music turns out to be a success (that is, people buy it and don't rampantly share it with others) then can we expect DRM-free movies to follow?My ZDNet blogging colleague John Carroll thinks that this could happen:This is why the experiment with unprotected digital music sales is so critical. If...
- Blog posts 2007-05-18
- DRM-free movement snowballs; watch those song prices
- Amazon said Wednesday that it will launch a digital music store "later this year" that will feature DRM-free tunes. The online retailer said it will offer millions of songs from more than 12,000 labels. EMI's music catalog, which went DRM-free with Apple, will be included in Amazon's store. The official...
- Blog posts 2007-05-16
- The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decide
- The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decideDRM-free is nice, but...What about lossless audio? When I buy a CD, I get a lossless recording I can copy and encode as often as I like with no degradation in sound quality. Not so with downloaded...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-03
- The Apple/EMI deal - Now it's up to the consumer to decide
- When the world changes, even a little bit, it takes a little time to get used to it. Yesterdays announcement by EMI that it was to offer DRM-free music through iTunes was one of those changes that took a little time to get used to. But whos going...
- Blog posts 2007-04-03
- EMI has just killed DRM
- EMI has just killed DRMCopy Protection has *NEVER* workedBack in the pre-CP/M days they tried copy protection. Everything from malformed tracks on floppy disks, to laser drilled holes in diskettes. Lotus 123 tried it, games tried it, CAD systems and other uber-expensive software tried it, and failed.Now it's RIAA's turn.Those...
- Discussion threads 2007-04-02
- EMI ditches DRM
- ...sort of. Last night, posts started littering the web announcing that EMI might make such a move, instigated by an article in the Wall Street Journal. Some respondents in talkbacks on other sites wondered if this was an April Fools joke, though I doubted it, given that EMI has been...
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- WSJ: EMI to drop DRM from digital music
- Its Steve Jobs dream come true. The countrys third-largest record labels, EMI, may be dropping DRM from the digital music that they sell. The Wall Street Journal subscription required is reporting that the record label will announce just that at a press conference today: In a major reversal of the...
- Blog posts 2007-04-02
- Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar films
- Jobs challenged to remove DRM from Pixar filmsyeah right... I bet Steve's quivering in his cave with OsamaWhat makes you think he'd actually follow through on any of that?particularly the Pixar stuff...maybe the indie music...if it really wants to be DRM freeHowever he's ultimately accountable to Disney shareholders...what's his motivation...
- Discussion threads 2007-03-12
- Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?
- Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?Its about CRAP not DRMLook at this hand waving around while I kick you in the nutz.No one is giving up DRM. Get over it. It ensures artists get paid. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHACRAP what ever that means ties...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-07
- Poll of the Day - Does Apple seriously want to sell DRM-free media?
- Steve Jobs has called on the music industry to ditch DRM. Do you think that Apple seriously wants to do this or is it a way to deflect the DRM debate off off Apple and onto the studios? If Apple is serious about wanting to see a DRM-free...
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free world
- Apple's Jobs calls for DRM-free worldIf would think that the purchase price of the CD makes it worthwhile.You only get 2 or 3 titles that are any good. That's 5 bucks a song versus iTunes 1 buck. The 1 dollar title has to be protected to allow the labels to...
- Discussion threads 2007-02-06
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