Microsoft’s Zune media players continue to lag behind Apple’s popular iPods so they’re looking to gain an advantage wherever they can. One possible boost is a recent deal with NBC to license shows for use on the Zune after NBC yanked them from Apple’s iTunes offerings after a dispute over pricing and DRM. Microsoft seems . . . → Read More: Thinking of buying a Zune? Microsoft has plans to put “Copyright Cop” on it.
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Davis Freeberg is a braver man than I am. He’s actually attempting to use his PC to watch HD content that he has purchased legitimately which means it’s all secured by DRM. Not only does he purchase videos from Amazon’s Unbox service, but he also watches streaming video from Netflix. All of that was working . . . → Read More: Blogger Davis Freeberg’s tale of DRM woe. Those crazy bastards at the RIAA have finally gone off the deep end. In an ongoing lawsuit they are now claiming that ripping a CD which you legally purchased is a violation of copyright law regardless of whether or not you actually distribute the files to anyone else: Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal . . . → Read More: RIAA now saying that you can’t legally rip CDs you own to your PC. The folks who create the various DRM schemes used to try and secure content these days are growing uneasy as signs of a consumer backlash appear to be growing. So what do they do when faced with a potentially angry pitchfork wielding crowd? They hasten to blame somebody else for their sins: SEPT. 19 | . . . → Read More: DRM developers play Blame The Content Owners. I think the following pretty much speaks for itself… Fair Use Worth More to Economy Than Copyright, CCIA Says—Copyright—InformationWeek Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws account for more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue for the United States, according to a report issued on Wednesday by the Computer and Communications Industry Association. “Much of . . . → Read More: Why “Fair Use” is important: It’s good for the economy. Viacom luvs them some Reality TV Programming because it tends to be cheap as hell to make in part because it’s often composed of work generated by someone else. A good example of this is their VH1 show Web Junk 2.0 which is composed entirely of viral video clips that have been making the rounds . . . → Read More: Viacom demonstrates the meaning of the word “hypocrisy.” |
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