‘DRM’ Category
Microsoft Actually Did Something Downright Revolutionary With The Zune Today
Boy that should get some attention … I typically place the day to day stuff about the Zune over at ZuneLuv.com but today’s news deserves comment here as well (don’t worry, we wrote about this over there too). As reported at Cnet and explained at the Zune Insider, Microsoft added something very cool to the…Read More »
You Can’t Handle The Truth About Podcasting
First, please watch this embedded clip from YouTube to put you in the proper mindset. You can’t handle the truth! Son, we work on an Internet that has limits. And these limits can’t be changed with men with vc funding – no matter how much you’ve got. Who’s gonna stream to millions at once? You?…Read More »
DRM Free, AAC, Not MP3, Could It Be, Good For Me?
As much as I enjoy the Beatles, I was thrilled to “watch along at home” as EMI announced their new DRM-free offering. You can read all of the specifics throughout Techmeme today – so I won’t even try to re-write what has already been re-writen a billion times. But I will, of course, make a…Read More »
How To Sell Your Video (Podcast or Otherwise) Content Direct To Tivo Owners (As Well As Anyone With A PC) In 3 Simple Steps
Tivo and Amazon got a lot of press today with their little announcement of Unbox integrating with our favorite little DVR box. You can, as always, catch the buzz at Techememe. But this is considerably more important for the Podcaster. As I mentioned in January, Amazon is delivering Unbox content from Customflix.com. What does this…Read More »
Can We Not Just Talk About DRM?
Two interesting pieces on the DRM conversation today – one from PaidContent and the other from, of all places, Microsoft … In relation to the Jobs piece, PaidContent writes; The DRM itself is rooted in secrets—keys that unlock music—and a lot of smart people spen their time hacking those secrets. Jobs: “They are often successful…Read More »
Steve’s Thoughts On Music – My Comments
In a surprising, and do I dare say personal, move, Steve Jobs issued a “Thoughts on Music” piece dealing with the sensitive topic of DRM, music protection and the record companies. He’s feeling some heat on FairPlay and has responded accordingly: When Apple approached these companies to license their music to distribute legally over the…Read More »
