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Levies on blank storage media are a relic of older times when copying was a new possibility for copyright works. You no longer needed an...

When we talk of free software, we typically think of things like GNU /Linux, Apache or Firefox. But one aspect that often gets overlooked...

A couple of months ago, Techdirt wrote about an EU politician's plan to build Internet surveillance into every operating system. As ...

One of the many fascinating aspects of the Wikileaks #cablegate saga is that, unusually, computer technology plays a central rather than per...

One of the fairy tales being told about the oppressive ACTA is that it's only going to apply to large-scale criminal offenders, and that...

Amazon.co.uk has finally opened its DRM-free Mp3 store . Prices aren't that wonderful (yet), but the convenience is dangerously appeali...

Recently, I’ve started buying records. I’ve decided that CDs just aren’t enough of a collector’s item. Since I can own all the music I could...

By now, it's evident that the old model of music distribution is irredeemably broken. This has led to various attempts to offer downloa...

Thousands of recordings that had been largely consigned to the realm of prehistory in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the ...

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The recording industry is an extraordinary example of not learning from experience. You would have thought that the backlash against its he...

This is what will finish off DRM: Killing DRM is saving digital music, reckons British retailer 7Digital. The company says DRM-free music s...

Further hints that the way to make money with digital content is to go analogue : Why do so many people still love vinyl, even though its bu...

Amazon just killed it with Amazonmp3 : Our files are free of digital rights management (DRM) software, so you can burn your songs to CDs, pl...

Here's another billion reasons why DRM'd music downloads will die out - and why copyright law will need to be rewritten: Like milli...

I hadn't really taken on board this insidious bit of weasel-wordery before, but that's just my negligence : The new NWZ-A810 and NW...

One of the things I love about Richard Stallman's crusade for freedom is that it is so uncompromising. This means that it tends to espo...

This is big news : Amazon.com today announced it will launch a digital music store later this year offering millions of songs in the DRM-fre...

I and many others have written about the pathetic moves by the BBC in terms of adopting Windows DRM, but you've got to give it to Cory, ...

When it comes to digital music, Magnatune is definitely on the side of the angels : We call it "try before you buy." It's the...