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Apple gets break from French DRM saga

News The Dadvsi law, which had initially been intended to free digital music lovers from proprietary DRM, now could be doing the opposite. Changes to the law, proposed by France's Conseil Constitutionnel, now mean that those found reverse-engineering...

1 August 2006, 9:40 > More matches in News

Sky stops downloads over DRM fears

News Broadcaster Sky has suspended its broadband movie download service after a Microsoft security patch on Windows Media's digital rights management (DRM) was cracked. The patch had been rushed out by Microsoft after the appearance of a utility called...

12 September 2006, 10:41 > More matches in News

What's DRM and should I avoid it?

Digital Living I want to start buying my music from online download stores, but I've been told to avoid sites that use DRM. What is DRM and why should I avoid it? DRM stands for 'digital rights management', and is a technology used by record labels and online...

20 June 2007, 10:49 > More matches in Digital Living

DRM ineffective, says security expert

News Jesper Johansson -- a former senior program manager for security policy at Microsoft who moved to Amazon in September last year -- wrote in his blog on Monday that he may drop Windows Media Center for LinuxMCE, a free open-source add-on to the...

28 September 2007, 9:51 > More matches in News

France reconsiders iTunes DRM position

News Apple, which did not return repeated phone calls, and other DRM holders doing business in France, are likely elated. In February, French consumer association Union Federale des Consommateurs-Que Choisir sued Apple and Sony, claiming that their...

3 May 2006, 9:41 > More matches in News

iTunes Plus: Legal music downloads with not a drop of DRM

Crave It was only a couple of months ago that we reported EMI was going to offer its music DRM-free, meaning you can play it on whatever device you like. A few hours later however, EMI's entire back catalogue of music went live on iTunes under the name...

Tags: apple, tracks, jobs, itunes

31 May 2007, 9:12 > More matches in Crave

Apple's Jobs wants DRM-free music

News Perhaps those unhappy with the current situation should redirect their energies towards persuading the music companies to sell their music DRM-free. Opening the FairPlay DRM technology wouldn't be a wise strategy because Apple would have to give up...

7 February 2007, 11:31 > More matches in News

BBC iPlayer launch on schedule, despite DRM crack

News The iPlayer, which is based on Microsoft's media player and DRM technology, is due to be launched on 27 July. A revised version of FairUse4WM reappeared on forums late last week, and the utility now effectively strips the DRM from iPlayer content...

18 July 2007, 9:55 > More matches in News

LockLizard PDF DRM - Secure PDC Viewer

Downloads LockLizard PDF document security viewer software with DRM controls. Free DRM download to view pdf secure document. Note that publishers of secure documents may have implemented pdf control to stop copying, prevent printing, and other drm protection...

9 September 2008, 20:46 > More matches in Downloads

Apple and EMI strike DRM-free deal

News The higher-quality, DRM-free music, which can be played on any computer and any digital-audio player, will not replace the copy-protected downloads on the iTunes Store, the music label said at a press conference on Monday.

3 April 2007, 10:13 > More matches in News

Nokia Comes with Music: DRM still equals fail

Crave What's more, none of these downloads will be transcodable into other formats thanks to the DRM, so be prepared for a hard time listening to your 'free' music on your favourite MP3 player or in the car.

Tags: unlimited, nokia, consumer, label

5 December 2007, 10:35 > More matches in Crave

7digital to go completely DRM-free: MP3s from all major labels

Crave Crave confidently expects 7digital to announce next week that it has acquired the rights to sell Sony BMG's catalogue of DRM-free music downloads, making it the first UK download store to offer MP3 downloads from every major record label.

Tags: 7digital, labels, amazon, label

8 September 2008, 11:17 > More matches in Crave

Microsoft unveils 'PlayReady' DRM system

News Microsoft has launched a new digital rights management system (DRM) that will allow the use of commercial content on multiple different devices for a single fee. Although DRM is popular with content creators, it has attracted criticism.

13 February 2007, 9:50 > More matches in News

Amazon to bring DRM-free music store to Europe

Crave Amazon has announced its DRM-free MP3 music download store will be going international later this year, according to a statement made by the company yesterday. For those of you wondering what the hubbub is about, Amazon's MP3 store is the first to...

Tags: international, store, industry, itunes

28 January 2008, 10:12 > More matches in Crave

Media-DRM Packager

Downloads Media-DRM Packager is a windows application that encrypts media files. Media-DRM needs Internet connection, and for security reasons that you need to login Media-DRM packager to encrypt media files. Media-DRM packager reads all the DRM license...

28 April 2007, 17:46 > More matches in Downloads