What's wrong with Vongo?
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| Amazon recently started offering $8.99 non-DRM MP3 albums. I've bought
| several so far, since I can use them on any of my playback devices, from my
| Sonos system to my Linux workstations and laptops to my iPod. It's this
| reason that I don't use the iTunes store, or any other crippled delivery
| system. So sorry, Vongo, but I'm completely uninterested.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/venezia/archives/014920.html?source=rss
Amazon Linux downloader taking forever
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| In short: Where are Sun's Java evangelists when one needs them?. And who is
| the Chief Technologist at Amazon who decided to do separate Windows, Mac OS-X
| and now Linux versions?. Are they going to code one version for every mobile
| OS as well?. This INQuiring mind would like to know.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2007/11/25/amazon-linux-downloader-slow-as-molasses
Recent:
Kindle sold out
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| There is no telling if this is a consequence of consumer demand exceeding
| Amazon's forecasts as to how many people would want this thing, or if Amazon
| is taking a page out of Nintendo's book and creating a little product
| scarcity to drum up business. All I know is I got mine in the mail today, and
| I'm already in love.
|
| Flop? I think not.
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http://blog.blankbaby.com/blankbaby/2007/11/kindle-sold-out.html
Amazon.com Launches Wireless Reader
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| The Linux-based device weighs 10.3 ounces, can store 200 titles on its 250 MB
| of onboard flash memory, and its battery can hold a charge for two days with
| the wireless feature on and seven days with it off, Amazon said. The reader
| is made by a Chinese OEM and can be purchased on Amazon.com for $399.
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http://sony.broadcastnewsroom.com/articles/viewarticle.jsp?id=237306
UK retailers to record labels: DRM is killing us
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| Consumers are increasingly dissatisfied with copy protection systems that
| erode fair use rights and impose limitations on where and how content can be
| used. To make matters worse, market fragmentation has led to the emergence of
| incompatible DRM formats which often confuse consumers and leave them
| wondering whether or not the content they buy will work on all of their
| electronics devices. That makes file-sharing more attractive for some
| consumers.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071121-uk-retailers-to-record-labels-drm-is-killing-us.html
http://tinyurl.com/28hkbb
Related:
UK music store: DRM-free music outsells protected tunes four to one
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| DRM-free music sells at a much higher rate online than protected music,
| according to UK-based digital music store 7 Digital. In fact, customers buy
| it four times as often as they do DRMed music.
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http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071109-uk-music-store-drm-free-music-outsells-protected-tunes-4-to-1.html
http://tinyurl.com/22jhju
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
Music DRM 'dead by next summer'
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| "It's MP3, absolutely," 7Digital MD Ben Drury told us. "People understand
| that MP3 works everywhere - that isn't true for AAC and certainly not for
| WMA."
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/08/drm_free_music_sales_up/
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/
Music DRM in critical condition: Universal tests DRM free music sales
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| Universal Music Group has announced that the company is going to test selling
| DRM-free music to consumers in order to assess the market.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6939807.stm
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