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  • More on the Music Industry's Slow Death

    This letter from a former customer further illustrates how the music industry is alienating its customers. While I would like to say I responded with something witty, I must admit to being completely flummoxed. There I sat, a loyal music fan who has shelled out actual money to a business that is supposed...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-22-2007

  • 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

  • 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

  • FairUse4WM cracks PlaysForSure DRM

    The big news last week was that the Windows Media DRM was cracked . Derek also thinks this isn't entirely a bad thing, and in fact this benefits both the consumers and the online music services . As Grant puts it, "DRM doesn't protect content in any meaningful way. DRM does however present an encumbrance...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 08-28-2006

  • When lawsuits and police raids backfire

    I'm pretty sure this is not what the MPAA and other powers that be had in mind when they coordinated an (unsuccessful) raid on a torrent site relatively unknown to the masses . Prior to the raid, The Pirate Bay was getting getting around $75,000 a month in advertising. After the raid, traffic increased...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-18-2006

  • Digital music hurts the artists

    Grant Robertson looks at the impact of digital downloads and agrees with Weird Al that the artists are getting a raw deal. The artist (Grant uses the Allman Brothers as an example) gets $0.31 cents per song sold on a CD, but only $0.045 for each digital download. The format is crippled, the record label...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 06-18-2006

  • DRM can have a significant impact on battery life

    Tommy Perkins posts yet another reason to hate DRM . According to this CNET article , it can have a significant negative impact on your device's battery life - as much as 25% as you can see below. Creative Zen Vistion:M: 16 hours with MP3s, 12 hours with only WMA subscription tracks Archos Gmini 402...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-21-2006

  • Unauthorized sampling in Biggie's Ready to Die, sales halted

    A Nashville judge has halted all sales of Notorious B.IG.'s classic Ready to Die after a jury found the title track contained unauthorized samples of an Ohio Players song. The jury also awarded $4.3M in punitive and direct damages. Diddy and Bad Boy are appealing the verdict. ( via AP article ) The album...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-20-2006

  • Tower Records to offer free podcast service

    Interesting little tidbit that Andrew passed along - Tower Records is on the verge of launching a free podcast service. The 90-store chain plans to open a new online service this summer that lets consumers create their own podcasts--audio and video shows designed to be downloaded onto a computer or portable...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-08-2006

  • Surprise: RIAA trying to undermine important exceptions to copyright exclusivity

    After conceeding as much in Grokster arguments, the RIAA is reversing course and claiming that ripping a CD to your iPod is Fair Use. Fred discusses the recent filing made by the RIAA filing over at EFF Deep Links. They are not saying this behavior itself was unlawful in the past, but rather that it...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-22-2006
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