Electronic Arts had lots of plans with Spore. It was developed by The Sims creator Will Wright and one of the game titles of the “new” EA that did not simply shell out game update after update each year of the same series ripping gamers of their hard earned cash with mediocre games and official [...]
Yahoo Does A Microsoft
After the fiasco that Microsoft experienced when they made the announcements that they would turn off the MSN Music servers one would have thought that other companies would not follow that lead and would have learned a lesson from it.
Microsoft backpedaled quickly after it became apparent that the public was not that pleased with [...]
Remove Identifying Information from Rhapsody MP3s
DRM (Digital Rights Management) is slowly getting out of company executive heads and several stores are successfully selling music that is DRM free. That’s a good thing for the customer who can transfer the songs that he bought to other devices and even burn them on CD if he likes. We are however not at [...]
Napster Goes DRM-Free
I don’t own an iPod or any other music player so this post is not really something I’ve tried out yet. First it was Amazon, then iTunes, and now Napster. What am I referring to? DRM-free music of course.
Everyone who’s ever experienced music with DRM knows just how frustrating things can get. You buy a [...]
The Trouble with Nokia’s Music Service
Mobile phone giant Nokia is looking for a foothold into the music distribution business. To that end, Nokia has introduced an online music service called the Nokia Music Store in Australia. Their aim is to provide a service that will take on Apple’s iTunes and win.
There’s nothing wrong in wanting to beat iTunes. However, the [...]
Microsoft shows us another reason why DRM is evil
Those users who made purchases in online stores that were using DRM to “protect” the files from being copied and traded are slowly beginning to reap what they sowed. I never bought music or other files that were protected by DRM. The protection is not that hard to crack anyway if someone really wanted to [...]
Need Another Reason why DRM is bad ? Here it is !
I always asked myself what the main reason for DRM – digital rights media – really is. It – maybe – can be used to stop legit buyers from giving a song to their friends or relatives but it surely does not step the spreading of music at all. Music pirates do get the music before any shop has them in their inventory which in turn means that everyone with a little bit of knowledge about P2P services can get their hands on the music.
