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  • Was DRM-free music an Apple innovation?

    Some people have tried to paint the recent announcement by Apple as example of Apple innovating and Microsoft following . Headlines like " Microsoft changes tune on selling DRM-free songs " are simply misleading - none of the technology companies truly wanted DRM, but they were a necessary evil in selling...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-09-2007

  • Steve Jobs and Apple telling half-truths about DRM

    This has already been covered ad nasuem , but I thought I should mention Apple's denouncement of DRM last week. Steve Jobs summarily dismissed Apple's DRM as a result of demands from the record labels. Since Apple does not own or control any music itself, it must license the rights to distribute music...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-13-2007

  • Apple to launch new content distribution system

    The Digitial Music weblog passes along this tidbit from ThinkSecret . Apparently, in addition to offering feature length content and expanded TV offerings, Apple will be announcing a new content delivery system in January at the annual MacWorld conference. In an effort to appease media companies wary...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-05-2005

  • Apple sues owner of itunes.co.uk

    Apple is suing a British company who registered itunes.co.uk. (via The Digital Music Weblog ) Cohen admits that CyberBritain registered "itunes.co.uk" as a domain name in 2000, only a few days after Apple Computer Inc. itself registered "iTunes" as a trademark with Her Majesty's Patent Office. At the...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-08-2004

  • Stealing Music?

    Just thought I'd chime in on the music thread going on. Yes, downloading MP3 files is wrong, because you're consuming copyrighted material without properly compensating the owner of the copyright. We use our understanding of real property to help understand property rights and ownership of (digital)...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 09-18-2003
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