iTunes Plus January 11th, 2009 @ 11:03 pm PDT
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 […]
Fighting Pirates May 25th, 2007 @ 8:10 am PDT
Great quote in an article at Gizmodo on the futility of enforcing copyright law: According to blueprints from the Acme Company, the MPAA will next attempt to mount a large red rocket and light its fuse while aiming it at the place where the Malaysian movie pirates are eating strategically placed birdseed.
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 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 […]
Music Industry News April 16th, 2002 @ 11:52 am PDT
I’m finding more good links through The Shifted Librarian than I can imagine. This is a consistently excellent blog which covers a wide range of intriguing topics. In the past few days there has been some well-written commentary (and linkage) on the state of the radio/music industry in the new, digital era. Here are three […]
DMCA April 5th, 2001 @ 10:12 am PDT
The First Amendment v. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act On January 20, 2000, United States District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan … issued a preliminary injunction … prohibiting the defendants from distributing computer code for reading encrypted DVDs. If code that can be directly compiled and executed may be suppressed under the DMCA, as Judge Kaplan […]
content protection March 28th, 2001 @ 1:31 pm PDT
Beauty is Truth I just stumbled upon an excellent discourse about What’s Wrong With Content Protection. This should be required reading for anyone who creates anything – writing, music, programming, paintings, film, anything. This means YOU. Go. Now. Read it. link via BrainLog
PulseNewMedia Napster Pig Latin March 12th, 2001 @ 11:54 am PDT
PulseNewMedia, a company affiliated with the University of Toronto, is using pig Latin to disguise Napster file names that are to be blocked this week. Once installed, the software alters the names of MP3 files, moving the first letter to the end of the word. The band Metallica, for instance, would become ettalicam.
Military Technology and Digital Piracy March 12th, 2001 @ 11:40 am PDT
Can ‘Military’ Technology Beat Digital Piracy? ” … if the hacker persists, and continues making ”aggressive” attempts to disable InTether’s defenses or pierce its vault, he’ll get ”the white screen of death.” His InTether receiver, together with all the InTethered files stored inside it, will be destroyed. Attacks ”would have to be pretty aggressive and […]
