Last week unconfirmed reports indicated that Sony/BMG will be ditching the unpopular DRM model. Amazon's MP3 store and iTunes Plus are already vending DRM-free.

Ironically, that DRM would probably make it easier for Amazon to set up a used ebook Marketplace; after all, they control what devices you can read your purchased content on, how many times you ...

Other DRM stories that are also worth checking out from the past week include: Michael Geist’s 30 Days of DRM, a series of blog posts recommending exceptions and limitations that the government ...

Steve Jobs and his company are in a singular position to find a solution. He is now on record as advocating DRM-free media sales. There are pitfalls in that model, to be sure.

In other words, there's a serious digital rights management component to RealDVD. That said RealDVD's DRM model is similar to the limits that Apple deploys with iTunes.

Amie St., which has no DRM on music, starts off by distributing new songs for free. As songs become more popular, the price rises, until very popular songs hit $0.99.

Formulating an Effective Dialogue through DRM By now we are all aware of the ‘obvious’ ad tech alternatives to third-party cookies that value consumer privacy yet still aim to deliver targeted and ...

The non-DRM model being adopted in the music industry is a commercial model. You pay, you get a DRM file, you pay a bit more, you get the file to keep and copy, DRM free.

It made its debut in 2010, offering bundles of indie games with a choose-your-own-price model and a lack of DRM. A proportion of each bundle goes to charity unless you tell them otherwise.

News Around the Web Weekend tech reading: IBM Model F keyboard is back, DIY remote PC starter, DRM for the web? Good tech reads for the weekend By Matthew DeCarlo July 9, 2017, 11:00 AM ...

We're seeing that situation play out again today, this time thanks to how some DRM systems interact with the unique features of Intel's 12th-generation "Alder Lake" CPUs.