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Wednesday, January 21st, 2009
It seems like only a week or two ago when I heard about the RIAA deciding to walk away from one of their infamous "Discovery" cases. You know the kind, where they bring a lawsuit against a whole bunch of John Doe's and come in demanding that their real ...
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Monday, January 19th, 2009
There's a report out from the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) that claims that 95% of all music downloads are illegal.
Well of course the music industry would like us to believe that. I seem to recall hearing about an RIAA report that claims illegal downloads are up ...
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Friday, January 16th, 2009
In a move that many are applauding, Apple's iTunes music downloads store is now very nearly completely DRM free and is expected to be completely free of DRM laden music by sometime this spring. I have to say that I agree with a vast majority that moving to DRM ...
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Monday, September 29th, 2008
I read on Slashdot that Wal-Mart is ending support for DRM encumbered music. This is both good and bad news at the same time.
The good news is that with the world's largest retailer moved to DRM Free music last year they gave a LOT of additional momentum to the ...
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Sunday, August 24th, 2008
I just ran across an item on TorrentFreak that gives some hope for file sharing enthusiasts.
It seems that the German judicial system has been overrun by various anti-P2P efforts to prosecute anybody that shares a music track or movie with somebody else. As part of an effort that I ...
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