Cory Doctorow @ Google

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EMI ditches DRM (kinda). iTunes the first to sell the same thing twice.

COVERAGE 

From EMI:

http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm 

From Apple:

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/02itunes.html

From the BBC:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6516189.stm

From The Guardian:

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,2048471,00.html

From Wired:

http://blog.wired.com/monkeybites/2007/04/emi_removes_drm.html 

From VNUNET:

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2186999/emi-drops-drm

 From TheRegister:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/02/emi_apple_drm_free/

From TheInquirer:

http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38636

From BoingBoing:

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/02/itunes_store_will_se.html

From Jupiter Research:

http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2007/04/apple_emi_deal.html 

From Engadget:

http://www.engadget.com/2007/04/02/apple-and-emi-ditching-drm-is-good-but-its-not-good-enough/

(Read the comments – they are brilliant!)

ANALYSIS

From Wired:

http://www.wired.com/entertainment/music/news/2007/04/emihardware_0403

From TheRegister:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/03/emi_apple_drm_analysis/

From Jupiter Research:

http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2007/04/interoperabilit.html

UNRELATED?

From TheRegister:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/04/03/apple_emi_ec_fines/

From Jupiter Research:

http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/mulligan/archives/2007/04/apple_back_in_t.html

 

EFF Pioneer Awards 2007

EFF Pioneer Award winners announced.

Yochai Benkler, Cory Doctorow, and Bruce Schneier win EFF Pioneer Awards.

Have a look here for past winners.

 

Cory Doctorow’s DRM manifesto

A couple of people have been by looking for Cory Doctorow’s DRM manifesto.

Here’s a link for the PDF version:

http://www.changethis.com/4.DRM

Here’s a link to Cory’s weblog entry for a video link (and comments):

 http://craphound.com/?p=1663

And here’s the link for the video:

http://content.digitalwell.washington.edu/msr/external_release_talks_12_05_2005/11476/lecture.htm

as Cory points out on his weblog entry:

“Now Microsoft has released this video to the public, though you need Microsoft Internet Explorer and Windows Media Player to see it. ”

 

DRM Double header from video.google

Greg Papadopoulos of Sun Microsystems and Prof. Larry Lessig on DRM

Cory Doctorow on DRM at the 2006 Red Hat Summit

 

Article by Cory Doctorow on HD DRM et al.

Cory Doctorow’s Information Week article on HD. Page 2 excoriates the various DRM technologies being touted for HD.

Depressing but essential reading.