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Posts tagged “DRM”

iTunes Plus

iTunes Plus January 11th, 2009 @ 11:03 pm PST

I like the idea of iTunes Plus. DRM is lame and so ’90s. So the fact that Apple is now allowing me to get DRM-free tracks is great. But why in the world do they insist I upgrade my entire library in one fell swoop? I’m not going to shell out $200 for music I’ve […]

Fubar Foo Fighters?

Fubar Foo Fighters? June 17th, 2005 @ 7:21 am PDT

“Do you feel shackled to old technology just so that the music middle men can maintain their inflated profit margin? Well, you should now. Released just three days ago by RCA, the new Foo Fighters CD contains DRM that supposedly prevents the CD from being loaded and ripped via iTunes. Customers are already complaining that […]

Eminem and the Recording Industry

Eminem and the Recording Industry May 30th, 2002 @ 2:39 am PDT

There were two great links at The Shifted Librarian recently concerning the music industry. By some bizarre twist of the cosmos, both links are – at least obliquely – in reference to the “artist” Eminem. The first link is to an article at MTV.com about how Eminem’s new album, The Eminem Show, jumped to the […]

The Record: Piracy-Proof

The Record: Piracy-Proof May 29th, 2002 @ 11:03 am PDT

Music bosses have unveiled a revolutionary new recording format that they hope will help win the war on illegal file sharing which is thought to be costing the industry millions of dollars in lost revenue. Nicknamed the ‘Record’, the new format takes the form of a black, vinyl disc measuring 12 inches in diameter, which […]

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