The RIAA Plays Whack-a-Mole
Tweet It really shouldnt be a surprise, the news this week. Having exhausted all the potential alternatives – save a thorough reexamination of its business model and specific value offering to...
View ArticleDRM Vendors and Content Providers: A Match Made in Heaven, or Hell?
Tweet In many of the conversations weve had with software providers and enablers of so-called Digital Rights Management technologies – so-called because many would argue that DRM has everything to do...
View ArticleOn Apple, Real, and the Impact of the Customer Loyalty
Tweet Just got this Macworld UK article forwarded to me by my brother. Detailing the results of the not-so-subtle campaign Real is waging here (interesting that the Real relationship to this site is...
View ArticleScoble to Gates Misses the Point
Tweet Robert Scoble – a Microsoft evangelist/blogger/etc – was asked if he had anything to highlight for Bill Gates’ radar screen. He responded in part with the following (link): I told him to...
View ArticleWhose Side Are You On, Bill?
Tweet As everyone has probably heard by now, Bill Gates – in a nod towards the importance of blogs – granted the folks from Gizmodo an interview while at CES. The latest segment – part four – is, to...
View ArticleVendors (and Artists): Beware of DRM
Tweet In an entry from around a year ago, I warned software vendors to be wary of becoming too closely associated with Digital Rights Management technologies, because when it inevitably ends up...
View ArticleIs it My Music? Or Not?
Tweet Though I haven’t posted on it in a little while, there are few things that get me more worked up than digital rights management. I wrote this piece that got picked up by el Reg a few years back,...
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DRM: It’s Going to Get Worse, and May Not Get Better
Tweet SharpMusique Screenshot Originally uploaded by sogrady. Let me be upfront about one thing here: I don’t like DRM, and I probably never will. In my job as an analyst, I try always to be open...
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Amazon MP3 Downloader: Bad News / Good News
Tweet Amazon MP3 Downloader Originally uploaded by sogrady Given that I’ve been waiting months for its release, you’d think that I’d be more excited about the availability of the Amazon MP3 Downloader...
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MLB.tv: Not a Reason to Buy an iPad
Tweet MLB.tv Blackout Restrictions, originally uploaded by sogrady. They announced the iPad yesterday. Dude, have you seen it? Large capacative touchscreen, 1.5 pounds, wifi, 3G: it’s everything you...
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