Tag: ANTI DRM

Last week while everyone was busy playing taps for the Virgin Digital store, we got to thinking; How much money is disappearing into thin air as online music stores like Virgin -- which popped up faster than zits before prom night during recent years -- go belly up, leaving the game to its dominant player, Apple. In most cases, when a store like Virgin shutters, your DRM locked tracks are ...

It's no secret that we have a big hate on for DRM in all its myriad forms. Did you know you can live a practically DRM free existence with only a little extra effort? It's true. Joel Durham writes for Extreme Tech, "I probably have about 250 albums on my Zune. Four, or maybe five, are infected with digital rights management (DRM), the usage-limiting, anti-piracy crap that the music industry ...

I'm not a fan of DRM, and that's certainly no secret. I find myself in more powerful anti-DRM company all the time. Today I'm joined in my distaste by Jim Balsillie, chairman and co-chief executive of Blackberry maker Research In Motion who says the entertainment industry is "holding up development" in the wireless sector with its relentless quest to sell you another copy of everything for each ...