Sony Music Almost Figures Out the Internet
Posted on 07. Jan, 2008 by Daniel Taylor in Internet, Music, Technology
Everyone thought that Sony BMG, the last of the big four record companies to hold onto the failed idea of DRM, had finally pulled its head out its ass when it announced that it would offer its music DRM-free. But now it seems there is a catch. A very unfortunate catch. To download DRM free tracks, consumers will first have to buy a pass, at a STORE. Uhhhhhhhhhhhh…no wonder everyone’s getting fired over there.
FairUse4M DRM Cracked Again
Posted on 17. Jul, 2007 by Bill in Internet, Music, Technology
Microsoft keeps patching it and hackers keep hacking it. Microsoft’s Digital Rights Management just got cracked again in the age old DRM battle (although I guess it’s not really “age old” since this hasn’t really been going on for that long). Word has it that the new version of FairUse4M (which is apparently really called FairUse4WM, v1.3 Fix 2 if you wanna get technical) even features a drag and drop interface to make things even more user friendly. No need for that XP and Windows Media Player 10 with that [...]
