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DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT  

An unhappy iTunes user from California filed the in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. The suit alleges that Apple is guilty of violating federal antitrust legislation as well as California's unfair competition law.

With legal problems behind them, some analysts believe that Apple, Inc., maker of iTunes, and Apple Corps, owner of most of the Beatles' catalog, may reach a sales agreement in the coming months.

Apple has announced that tracks from EMI will be available on iTunes without digital rights management. Here's a look at what that means for digital music lovers.

In response to illegal dowloads and file sharing, the Music Industry is using Digital Rights Management (DRM)

A heated debate is arising over Digital Rights Management (DRM), a technology that limits the way consumers can use media.

Economic issues appear to be the issue in Digital Rights Managment, but focused responses and intervention by the U.S. Senate show that regaining media control may be a bigger issue.

This article presents arguments and evidence on both sides of the Digital Rights Management debate.

Digital rights management is an annoyance and frustration to many music listeners trying to go digital; here's why it may be on its way out.

DRM has been the topic of many discussions and debates in the last few years. With digital music becoming more popular to the average consumer, many critics are now saying that use of the word "Rights" is misleading.

DRM (or digital rights management), is the way record labels and movie studios make sure you don't share your digital audio and video files with all your friends. They say DRM is a good thing... but who does it benefit?

What is DRM and how has it affected consumers of digital media related goods?

The Death of DRM: Apple and EMI Lead the Charge, Indie vs. Major in the Digital Download Arena, IODA picks up Uploader.

In this day and age of advanced technology and the tragedy of piracy, much is left out in the open about how music should progress in terms of music-sharing. Music sharing is probably the second-most problematic concern, second only to downloadable movies.

When Jessica Simpson's song A Public Affair hit the digital shelves, Sony BMG took a stab at negative publicity. Yahoo Music took a major step forward in outrunning iTunes. And a great big cheer from open-source enthusiasts could be heard.

By using Weed's digital music distribution system, the recording industry could exploit its artist catalogs and control its own destiny with an acceptable alternative to iTunes.

Microsoft has recently released its competitor to the Apple iPod, the Microsoft Zune. After a number of poor product design decisions, The Zune has failed to impress users and the Apple iPod is still on top.

Microsoft's Zune is gaining a lot of hype as an opposer to the iPod's grasp on the digital audio market. But the Zune is facing a very uphill battle, and for once it isn't likely that Microsoft will be able to win.

Apple's iPod is the most famous digital audio player in the world, but it's not without its problems.

The iPod takes a lot of unnecessary flack despite being the best mp3 player on the market.

Digital music retailer eMusic has quietly crept up behind Apple's iTunes by focusing on selling independent music at an attractive price.

Apple has included personal details into the music purchased from Apple's program, iTunes. This information includes the email address and name of the purchaser of the track.

Educate yourself about Digital Restrictions Management(DRM)and how to avoid them at all cost.

DRM-restricted music is likely here to say, as long as consumer's remain silent and big studios and record labels have their way. Despite Apple's recent foray into non-DRM-restricted music in the iTunes Store, there is still a lot to be frustrated about for a Linux user.

The iTunes Store is a great resource if you want to buy a song (or album) and get it right away. But what if you want to play those songs on a portable player or computer not authorized by Apple? That's where DRM Dumpster comes in, but is it worth it?

Senuti is a third-party piece of software designed to do one thing, and one thing only: allow a user to copy the songs off an iPod without being forced to use Apple's iTunes software.

As far as portable media/MP3 players go, Apple's iPod Video is almost perfect. It's honestly the only Apple product I can say I love, and I'm really not sure how I ever got along without it.

For the third time, multimedia rights trustee Apple Corps Ltd., which oversees the collective works of the Beatles, is going to court over Apple Computer - this time with the claim that iTunes violates a noncompete agreement between the two entities.

Sony BMG will be launching a digital download card program in retail stores to allow users to download albums online without DRM protection and access exclusive content beginning January 15th.

A report from Forrester Research states that iTunes sales has dropped 65% in the last year, but not everyone agrees.

An article on how EULAs affect our rights as consumers.

With a variety of formats and confusion around DRM, eBooks have not penetrated the mainstream as much as they should have. Companies don't want to make it any easier, it seems.

A resolutuon passed by Venestre, Norway's liberal party, would legalize file sharing and sampling, shorten the lifespan of commercial copyrights, and ban DRM.

It is possible to create a productive web site development environment usiine Gnu/Linux and Free and Open-Source Software. This system can match the functionality of a Windows based setup and provide more stability, and flexibility.

Sony and E Ink are set to release an electronic book reader they hope will take off like Apple's iPod. Using an emerging display technology, the device will retaining the readability of print on paper.

Might publishing as we know it be transformed by a new gadget that mimics books as it displays text stored as computer files? This article explores why it just might and what the transformation might look like.

The Motion Picture Association of America has been a huge source of controversy in recent years, including issues with its ratings system, copy protection, monopolistic actions and questionable legal threats.

In Windows 2000, Microsoft introduced Encrypted File System (EFS) - a new feature built into the operating system that makes securing user file

After many major peer to peer sites, such as KaZaa and Naptster were shut down, intrepid programmers created under the radar peer-to-peer file-sharing networks that the MPAA and RIAA could not touch.

Technical difficulties have delayed consumer versions of Windows Vista until next year and Microsoft is rumored to be developing an iPod killer that's also a game player - all while lawmakers in France try to force Apple Computer to open the iPod itself.

I used to work at a Best Buy retail store and was given the opportunity to sample this service and try it out on my own. I shortly found out after a month and a half of service that this piece of dung was another failed attempt at a good idea.

An article describing the various methods that artists are employing to distribute their music outside the traditional music industry.

Song BMG has become so determined to protect their CD profits they have put viruses on some of their disks?

A look at how Digital Rights Management affects the consumer.

Even if the other mediums that are not digital can't be said to be imune from copyright abuse, their case is not as easy as digital material where a duplicate could be made with no cost and quality degredation

The Association of American Publishers (APA) has an Enabling Technologies Committee. Fittingly, at the Frankfurt Book Fair of 1997, it announced the DOI (Digital Object Identifier) initiative.

Itunes mp3 players can make life easier if a person wants to listen to their music on the go. The only downside to these portable mp3 players is that if it does not say iPod on it, a person cannot transfer the music from their computer to their mp3 player.

SpiralFrog offers free music downloads to its registered members. However, this site may be more trouble than it's worth.

Believe it or not there are legal ways to get high quality music for little money, so check it out.

This is a detailed view of Gwen Stefanis' Love, Angel, Music, Baby her musical album.

If you are looking to add new style and flavor to your backyard this spring, than you should consider planting an old fashion apple tree.