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Would you trust Zamzar with your data?

Kevin writes about Zamzar , a free web-based service that converts audio, video and documents from one format to another (via Download Squad ). Sounds cool, but would you trust them with your sensitive data? I don't know about you, but I barely trust Google or Microsoft with this information. Should...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-03-2006
Shame as DRM

A German music download service is allowing customers to download unencrypted MP3 files, instead relying on embedded watermarks to discourage copying . The music store sells MP3 files which can be played on almost any digital music player, but adds a unique tag to each download using watermark technology...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 10-13-2006
The First Sale Doctrine and the Textbook Industry

As the price of textbooks climbs, more students are purchasing used copies to help defray the cost. Textbooks are effectively disposable, so there will always be a strong supply of used textbooks. Until now, the textbook publishers have tried to preserve their profits by issue new editions (rendering...

Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 08-31-2006

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