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- SDMI
- Secure Digital Music Initiative A set of rules for securely distributing digital music over the Internet. Announced in February 1999, it is backed by the Recording Industry Association...
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- RIAA copyright education contradictory, critics say
- RIAA copyright education contradictory, critics saya lie . . .repeated often enough and loud enough becomes the truth.If every college student can be taught the same set of "facts" those "facts" will become the "truth" without regard for their validity.Bjorn A FreemanRIAA Sux[b]"The RIAA seems to be making...
- Tags: Digital media, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2006-08-31
- IBM bakes security into processors
- IBM bakes security into processorsHow would you update the protection?As we all know, hackers are constantly figuring out ways to get around the latest security features. How would you update the hardware, in this case, to accommodate a hack?What about software?How would encrypted data in RAM affect things like...
- Tags: Homeland security, Hacking, processor, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., security
- Discussion threads 2006-04-10
- Microsoft goes to the movies
- Microsoft goes to the moviesMicrosoft the ME TOO companyOnce again another story illustrating that Microsoft copies others successes. Hmmmmmm does DRM cover that too?Too bad....that movies today suck a royal wonger! Actually, pretty much ALL entertainment today sucks. The music blows, the movies are boring half ass junk, there...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Linux, Digital media, Microsoft Corp., digital-rights management, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-08-12
- Apple wins iTunes interface patent
- Apple wins iTunes interface patentCrazy or what?This is crazy - unable to protect themselves with copyright, Apple have resorted to patenting things that should be covered by copyright. User interfaces should be covered by copyright, not patent. After all, the ideas underlying what Apple has done have been...
- Tags: Digital music, iTunes Interface, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple Inc., patent, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2004-05-11
- IBM, Real forge digital media deal
- IBM, Real forge digital media dealWhy is it!that these companies cant get it thru their heads that if they want our money they need to sell us what we want at a fair price. Locking it up with DRM and encryption is just a way of trying to force people...
- Tags: digital media, movie, music, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2004-01-08
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