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Lawgarithms Links for 7/28/07

My Google Reader starred items are the ones I've selected just for you, O Lawgarithms readers. Some current highlights therefrom include:NPR on MP3 blogs, from Scripting News New York Lawyer Advertising Rules Round Up, from Sui Generis--a New York law blog by NBlackThe Pirate Bay Goes Simpsons, from Digg...

Tags: Social networking, Net neutrality, Links, Licenses, Lawsuits, DRM, DMCA, Copyright, Blogging, Attention

Blog posts 2007-07-28

Lawgarithms Links for 7/20/07

Now that I'm smitten with keeping a link blog, I'll endeavor once a week or so to cull through it for things I think might be of particular interest to Lawgarithms readers. So, here we go. I'm curious whether you find such undertakings useful or not, so there's...

Tags: Social news, Social networking, Privacy, Patent, Live Web, Links, Licenses, Lawsuits, DRM, DMCA, Copyright, Collaboration, Blogging

Blog posts 2007-07-20

CDVU+ ... where's the DRM?

Walt Disney Co. music label Hollywood Records has announced that it will offer a new CD format with extra features to encourage compact-disc purchases in a bid to halt declining CD sales.The format, called CDVU+ CD View Plus combines music with digital magazine extras, lyrics, band photos and other "extras"...

Tags: DRM

Blog posts 2007-07-18

Fair Use

According to an article over on Ars Technica, today is the 3rd annual Fair Use Day. On the project website for the event, advocates celebrated EMI's dropping of DRM from its digital music sales and the cracking of AACS, though they also for some reason threw net neutrality into the...

Tags: Digital Media, DRM, Media Center, Television

Blog posts 2007-07-11

The iPhone might never be free of AT&T

I've been taking a look around the web at the efforts by hackers to free the iPhone from the AT&T shackles so that it could be used as an iPod or with other network providers, both in the US and abroad.  I've come to the conclusion that while it might...

Tags: DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-05

Has Steve Jobs dropped the iTunes ball?

Has Steve Jobs been too focused on the iPhone over the past six months and allowed problems to develop over in an established part of Apple's business - iTunes.  The New York Times reports today that Universal Music Group has notified Apple that it will not renew its annual contract...

Tags: Thoughts, Industry, In the news, Gadgets, DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-07-02

The battle for the living room platform

Nintendo announced yesterday WiiWare, a program which will enable developers to create games that can be downloaded to the Wii console. Such games can be sold through the Wii Shop Channel, creating revenue opportunities for smaller-scale developers who wouldn't have the resources to create more labor intensive productions of a...

Tags: Digital Media, DRM, Media Center, Microsoft, Nintendo, PS3, Sony, Television, Wii, XBOX, XBOX 360

Blog posts 2007-06-28

Comedy at the British Open Source Consortium

The BBC wants to release a product that would allow users to view BBC programs on their PC. Initially, this will be Windows-only for the same reasons 99% of third-party software OEMs target Windows first before providing support for other operating systems if at all. As expained in an article...

Tags: Television, Open Source, Microsoft, DRM, Antitrust

Blog posts 2007-06-27

No iPhone for me, thanks to AT&T!

Not content to simply spy on Americans without a warrant, AT&T has taken a bold move forward and decided to work with the MPAA and RIAA two of the most hated organizations on the planet, to eliminate copyrighted materials being transmitted between parties on their network.Tip o' the hat to...

Tags: Apple, Copyright, DRM, Internet Companies, VOIP, Web 2.0

Blog posts 2007-06-14

Prada's iPhone competitor, and more

As everyone already knows, new AT&T ads that started airing recently have set an iPhone release date for June 29. I am very interested in trying it out. I was impressed by the touch-sensitive concept when it was announced earlier this year, and both online demos and the...

Tags: Mobile, DRM, Digital Media, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-05

iTunes Plus - Getting more than you bargained for!

Following article on Wired and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, debate is raging as to whether it is right that Apple incorporates user's iTunes user name into tracks (specifically, the DRM-free iTunes Plus tunes).I've read dozens of blog posts and web articles today on this subject and one thing that seems...

Tags: Thoughts, DRM, Apple

Blog posts 2007-06-04

iTunes Plus tracks contain user info

People that were hoping to be able to freely trade iTunes' new DRM-free tracks from EMI will be in for a surprise – the tracks are embedded with your iTunes user name. TUAW has posted a grep command that allows you to view the user name tag via terminal. Wired's...

Tags: Music, iTunes Store, iTunes, DRM

Blog posts 2007-06-04

Latest AACS Processing Key released

The cat and mouse game between the hackers and the AACS Licensing Authority continues as the latest MKB v3 Processing Key is released onto the web.This latest key can be used to decrypt all newly released (and future releases, for a while at least) HD DVD and Blu-ray discs.  This...

Tags: Blu-ray, DRM, HD-DVD, Thoughts

Blog posts 2007-05-31

Day 1 of iTunes Plus has its minuses

As Bob Lefsetz rants, the iTunes Plus launch today has not been without its hiccups. He's particularly ticked off that users must go through a laborious "change preferences" process once they've drunk the iTunes Plus Kool-Aid, should they wish at any time to purchase the non-Plus version of a...

Tags: Copyright, DRM, Licenses

Blog posts 2007-05-30

The DRM-free music era begins; What's next for Apple?

With Apple's iTunes update, the DRM-free era officially begins. The big question is what comes next for Apple?Apple move to sell DRM-free tunes from EMI may be a boon initially since other rivals are still saddled with clunky copyright protection schemes. Amazon plans to go DRM-free, but not until later...

Tags: Apple, DRM, General

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Apple releases iTunes 7.2 with iTunes Plus

Apple yesterday released iTunes 7.2 (build 34) which includes the foundation for "iTunes Plus," the apparent name for what Apple is calling the new DRM-free (US$1.29) music tracks they announced in April with EMI.No word on what else is included in the 29.2MB download but who wants to bet that...

Tags: DRM, iTunes, iTunes Store, Music, QuickTime, Security, Software, Software Update

Blog posts 2007-05-30

Is it too late for managed Blu-ray and HD-DVD copying?

Licensing discussions are underway which could see consumers being given the right to make a number of legitimate copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies.  But is it too late for managed copying?So the AACS LA do believe that relaxing the DRM will boost salesThe agreement, if it gets support from the...

Tags: Blu-ray, DRM, HD-DVD, Thoughts

Blog posts 2007-05-24

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...

Tags: DRM

Blog posts 2007-05-18

Podcast: Microsoft patents, Dell's Project Hybrid, DRM-free music and more...

This week on the Dan & David Show, we discuss Microsoft's accusation that the open-source software industry has infringed 235 Microsoft patents and Dell's Project Hybrid, which appears to be a plan deliver virtualized, plug-and-play servers for datacenters. We also Amazon's new DRM-free music service, Google's Universal search and...

Tags: Entertainment, DRM, Dell, Datacenter, Dan &, David Show, Apple, Amazon, Google, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Linux, Microsoft, MySpace, Open Source, Red Hat, Software Infrastructure, virtualization, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Fragile DRM and AACS

As has been reported elsewhere on the web, the updated AACS DRM protection system which includes revocation for previously compromised keys has already been broken even before HD titles (HD-DVD or Blu-Ray) which use the update have appeared in sizable numbers on shelves.Ouch. This points to the possibility that...

Tags: DRM, Digital Media, BluRay, HD, HD DVD, Television

Blog posts 2007-05-17