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BBC News
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Vivendi's Universal Music has said it is to test the digital sale of songs from artists without the customary copy-protection technology.
It will allow the sale of thousands of albums and tracks available in MP3-form without the protection, known as di..
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Los Angeles Times
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Apple Inc. and EMI Group want digital music fans to pay more money for more freedom.
EMI, the world's fourth-largest record label, said Monday that it had agreed to sell its 150,000-song catalog through Apple's iTunes store without the anti-piracy soft..
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Washington Post
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Today, Reps. Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced what they call the "Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship" (or FAIR USE) Act they say will make it easier for digital media consumers to use the content they buy..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Microsoft was yesterday fined a record $1.52bn (£777m) for infringing a digital music patent which could throw into doubt the future of the digital music industry. A San Diego court ruled that the software giant has infringed patents, owned by Franco-..
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Forbes
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Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things are, says media exec Robbie Bach. On Tuesday,..
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The Register
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EMI is close to removing rights management software from its digital music for good, in a move which would pile pressure on the rest of the recording industry to follow suit. According to the Wall Street Journal, the London-based label took a strategy..
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www.apple.com
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With the stunning global success of Apple’s iPod music player and iTunes online music store, some have called for Apple to “open” the digital rights management (DRM) system that Apple uses to protect its music against theft, so that music purchased..
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BBC News
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The freedoms built in to the net are under attack like never before, argues regular columnist Bill Thompson...
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BBC News
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Microsoft boss Bill Gates has told a group of influential bloggers that copy protection for digital music and video is too complex for consumers...
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MSNBC
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Sony Pictures studio unveiled plans on Wednesday for a new digital cinema unit to bring filmed presentations of Broadway shows, rock concerts and sports events to specially equipped movie theaters nationwide.
The new venture, dubbed the Hot Ticket, wil..
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MSNBC
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Digital photo frames are high on the wish lists of many moms for Mother’s Day, and there are more choices now than ever for delivering a picture-perfect gift.
Options include frames that have touch icons, as well as models that do double duty. One ha..
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MSNBC
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Hispanics are nearly twice as likely as whites to be left without television service following the nationwide transition to digital broadcasting next year, according to a new survey.
Beginning in February 2009, full-power broadcast stations will transm..
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BusinessWeek
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As prices fall and services expand, digital frames are poised to become the new media hearth
As Alan Phillips' family gathers around the table in their kitchen's breakfast nook, they're greeted by a massive, 22-inch wall-mounted photo frame. But it's n..
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BBC News
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A new method of digital rights management (DRM) which relies on a user's profile has been pioneered by Aboriginal Australians.
The Mukurtu Wumpurrarni-kari Archive has been developed by a community based in Australia's Northern Territory.
It asks ev..
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BusinessWeek
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Lots of folks are confused about exactly how the February, 2009, conversion to digital broadcasts will affect them. Here's what you need to know
Achille Pollino writes: Many articles I've read say that if you have cable TV service, the change from anal..
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MSNBC
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To plan an upcoming hike in the Alps, John Higham scoured scores of photos plotted along his route on a digital map for clues to the steepness of trails and the availability of accommodations or camp sites.
These images were just like all the other vac..
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BusinessWeek
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Apple may have a lock on digital music, but competitors ranging from online retailer Amazon.com to social network imeem are trying to worm their way in.
There's no doubt that Apple (AAPL), with its elegant 99¢-per-download formula, is the dominant for..
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BBC News
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A multi-billion pound auction of airwaves for a new wave of digital services has been launched by Ofcom.
More digital TV channels and ultra-fast wireless broadband could be rolled out over the next decade as radio spectrum is freed up by the digital sw..
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BusinessWeek
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The WGA may have erred in demanding that reality show writers join its ranks, overshadowing the real issue of money for digital media
Hollywood union strikes have never been a dainty affair. On one side, you usually have powerful people with tons of mo..
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BusinessWeek
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The Kindle might just be the iPod of digital reading, according to one author, who predicts the device will improve the publishing landscape for all except retailers
Few things have come along in recent years to excite me more as a reader and author th..
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