Posted in Audio Books, DRM on March 19, 2008 | 1 Comment »
DRM (digital rights management also called copy protection) has been a big topic among music fans for years. It’s the software that tries to keep users from illegally copying songs from iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster and other download services. The same technology is used for audio books that come from download sites like Audible.com, iTunes and [...]
Posted in DRM on October 10, 2007 | No Comments »
I have a lot of LPs I’m about to give away but I’m torn about whether or not I should try and save them as MP3 files first. Nowadays I prefer to listen to music through Rhapsody Music, which has a giant library of music. Even though there are several million songs in their collection [...]
Posted in Copyright, DRM on August 28, 2007 | 3 Comments »
With all the recent discussion of EMI and other music companies releasing their music catalogs with DRM-free files, I had to wonder what will happen with subscription music services like Rhapsody Music, Napster, Yahoo Music!, Urge, Virgin Digital, etc. Subscription services offer unlimited access to giant catalogs of songs, and they use DRM systems to [...]
