I was going to write a post explaining the background to this, but Ethan has done a brilliant job doing just so and it’s pointless to repeat why this number has raised such passions. For much of yesterday, almost the whole of the front page of Digg was related to the HD-DVD story, triggered by […]
BBC DRM Poll
The BBC have updated their speculation about the Apple/EMI Press conference today and now think it will be a DRM announcement. As part of the story, they are running a poll asking us what we think of DRM on music. Wonder if the current results would surprise the record labels with all their previous talk […]
DRM or The Beatles
When companies what to announce big news, they call press conferences. Which means the press get to know something is going on and can do some digging, leading to speculation such as this from the WSJ (behind paywall) In a major reversal of the music industry’s longstanding antipiracy strategy, EMI Group PLC is set to […]
DRM, Zune and Microsoft
How to piss many customers off and confuse many others.  Anyone who buys a Zune from Microsoft is not going to be able to play tracks they have bought from Microsoft.  There’s why digital files should not be locked in but be in neutral, cross platform compatible formats – so you don’t lose the value.