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[News] Apple-EMI DRM-dropping Deal is Bad News to Microsoft

What Apple DRM-Free Means to Microsoft

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| "This is a great PR win for Apple and [CEO] Steve Jobs," Michael
| Gartenberg, a research director with JupiterResearch wrote this
| morning in a blog entry about the Apple-EMI deal. "Apple was seen 
| as the company delivering DRM-free music to consumers, a move that
| will only increase their overall mindshare and of course, mindshare
| has a funny way of becoming more marketshare."
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http://www.microsoft-watch.com/content/games_consumer/what_apple_drm_free_means_to_microsoft.html

This comes from the guy who used to be a Microsoft _evangelist_ and quickly
quit the company.


Related:

Evangelist Gartenberg back to being analyst

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| After only three weeks at Microsoft as an "evangelist," Michael
| Gartenberg is returning to his old job as vice president and
| research director at JupiterResearch.
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http://news.com.com/2061-10805_3-6165381.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news


'Microsoft sucks', says top blogger

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| He owes his status to the three years he spent at Microsoft, where
| he was given free rein to comment on the company's affairs from the
| inside. The Economist magazine has credited Scoble with playing a
| significant role in softening the software giant?s former
| reputation for monopolistic bullying.
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article1529988.ece


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


Why I Abandoned Windows Vista

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| As some of you may know, I'm a big Windows evangelist and was eagerly
| looking forward to using Windows Vista.
| 
| [...]
| 
| This is Microsoft's own software and it doesn?t work with their 
| operating system. Helloooooooo! What's wrong with this picture?
| 
| In the end, I've been forced to exchange my new laptop with one
| running trusty old Windows XP. It's the only time in my life I
| can remember not having the latest operating system and the only
| time I've ever had to pay extra to downgrade! 
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http://digiphoto.thepodcastnetwork.com/2007/03/21/why-i-abandoned-windows-vista/


Vista backlash grows; key advocate moves back to XP

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| Chris Pirillo just broke up with Windows Vista, saying, "The shipping
| version of this OS is late beta, at best."
| 
| Jason Busch did the same: "It's an absolute travesty that
| Microsoft would have released such a half-baked product."
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http://gracefulflavor.net/2007/03/06/vista-backlash-grows-key-advocate-moves-back-to-xp/
http://tinyurl.com/2ldrbe


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


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


Microsoft: We Like DRM

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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y


Why Microsoft will fight for DRM

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| In a DRM-free world Windows Media formats are basically dead.
| Online stores locked out of the iPod because of FairPlay. Will
| not choose to lock themselves out by using only Windows Media if
| they use it at all. I think it?s obvious that the people at
| Microsoft know that. When the number one MP3 player will never
| support your format, Microsoft is left with a lot invested in
| something that won?t amount to much. The only way Microsoft
| can save its investment in Windows Media is to have a DRM
| Windows Media player that is a run away success. This is why
| Microsoft will not join with Apple in calling for a DRM-free
| world. They need DRM so they are going to fight for it.
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http://km.lqz.ca/blog/tech/microsoft-fight-drm/


Microsoft launches 'PlayReady' DRM system

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| Although digital rights management (DRM) is popular with content
| creators, it has attracted criticism. Sony was widely attacked after
| using a rootkit-like application to hide content protection on some
| music CDs, and earlier this month Apple CEO Steve Jobs called on
| the music industry to drop its use of DRM.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6158553.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news


Golden Rant : Microsoft DRM's gone too far

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| Microsoft appears to have hit the wrong button on its critical
| Windows XP download service late last month, pretty well forcing
| every XP user to upgrade to Windows Media Player (WiMP) 11 if
| they (like me and many others) have the automatic download/install
| option enabled for critical updates.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=712


The Longest Suicide Note in History

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| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
`----     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html

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