Could audio watermarking could help make MP3s free?
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| Silberstein says that the record industry is finally starting to accept that
| overhauling the business model is the way to move forward. How does he know?
| Because of the many record companies,
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http://www.linuxworld.com.au/index.php?id=545954189&rid=-50
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EMI has DRM free sales boom
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| Since EMI ditched the DRM on iTunes it has seen sales of Pink Floyd's Dark
| Side of the Moon increase by between 272 and 350 percent.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=40443
Google selleth then taketh away, proving the need for DRM circumvention
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| Yet now Google Video has given us a gift—a "proof of concept" in the form of
| yet another argument against DRM—and an argument for more reasonable laws
| governing copyright controls. How could Google's failure be our gain? Simple.
| By picking up its marbles and going home, Google just demonstrated how
| completely bizarre and anti-consumer DRM technology can be. Most importantly,
| by pulling the plug on the service, Google proved why consumers have to be
| allowed to circumvent copy controls.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20070812-google-selleth-then-taketh-away-proving-the-need-for-drm-circumvention.html
Yahoo Music, SanDisk chiefs urge labels to 'ditch DRM'
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| A senior Yahoo chief has spoken out in favour of Apple CEO Steve
| Jobs' call for major labels to abandon digital rights technology (DRM).
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| Dave Goldberg, head of Yahoo Music, says that tracks sold through
| his service in MP3 format sell much faster than rights-protected tunes.
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http://www.macworld.co.uk/news/index.cfm?RSS&newsID=17184
The slow death of DRM
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| * A disaster of historical proportions
| * Consumer litigation against DRM
| * Digital growth is flagging
| * Pressure to dump DRM
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/02/09/steve_gordon_drm/
Big labels are f*cked, and DRM is dead - Peter Jenner
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| Few people know the music industry better than Peter Jenner. Pink
| Floyd's first manager, who subsequently managed Syd Barrett's solo
| career, Jenner has also looked after T.Rex, The Clash, Ian Dury,
| Disposable Heroes and Billy Bragg - who he manages today. He's also
| secretary general of the International Music Managers Forum.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/11/03/peter_jenner/
EMI mulls sales of unprotected songs
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| Music label EMI Group is in talks to release a large portion of
| its music catalog for Web sales without technological protections
| against piracy that are included in most music bought over the
| Internet now, sources said Thursday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-3513_22-6157805.html
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