In article <26737786.tH5qqYfNTi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> EMI, Apple 'deal on music locks'
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> | EMI is to hold a media event on Monday with Apple boss Steve Jobs as
> | special guest, prompting speculation of a deal over digital locks on
> | music.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6516189.stm
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> Apple planning to sell non-DRM'ed music
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> http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry1379.html
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> Defective by Design (FSF) have just sent a letter to Apple as well, with over
> 6,000 signatures. It requests Apple's support in the campaign that puts DRM
> to rest. Where does this put Microsoft and Windows Vista?
>
>
> Related:
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> Musicload to get rid of DRM
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> | PR experts at the music platform say that the common front of
> | those advocating DRM is beginning to break up. Long touted
> | as a panacea for illegal copies of songs, the protective
> | mechanisms are once again being discussed. The Musicload
> | newsletter chimes in on the criticism of the blocks on copies
> | when it complains that some songs purchased online cannot be
> | played back on just any device without further ado.
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> http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/86968/from/rss09
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> Digital lock's rights and wrongs
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> | DRM-free or otherwise, at least some more imaginative approaches to
> | music services have been appearing. Spiralfrog promises
> | ad-supported downloads - when or if it eventually launches.
> |
> | Aimee Street has launched. Here, the price of each track is
> | decided by its popularity. Less popular or new tracks are free,
> | rising to a maximum of 98 cents if their popularity increases. At
> | the moment it deals almost exclusively in independent music.
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> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/click_online/6457369.stm
I'll take it. Six years of MS hard work down the toilet where it belongs.
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