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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The RIAA has taken its crusade against digital media to a new level, arguing that MP3s ripped from a CD are “unauthorized” copies of original music. View this story

Saturday, December 01, 2007

Media server pioneer moves beyond safe ground; adds DVD storage and movie management to the lineup. View this story

Thursday, June 21, 2007

Kaleidescape, manufacturer of high-end movie servers, beat the DVD CCA the first go-around. Now the organization, which licenses the DVD scrambling system, is fighting back. So is Kaleidescape, with cries of antitrust. View this story

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Download the Album from MusicGiants. Go ahead, share all you want. View this story

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Judge ruled that the manufacturer did not breach a contract with the DVD CCA, the group that licenses DVD encryption/decryption technology. So Kaleidescape can continue making its 5- and 6-figure movie servers, but the case has little or no implication for DVD ripping in general. The copyright issues that could have emerged in the non-jury trial, in fact did not. View this story

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

The DVD CCA says its lawsuit against movie-server manufacturer Kaleidescape is simply about a breach of contract. But Kaleidescape argues copyright rules are at stake. The case goes to trial today. View this story

Thursday, March 15, 2007

The DVD police want to eliminate ripping once and for all. Laughably, the voice of Hollywood wants the trial closed to the public, claiming the CSS encryption scheme, which was broken in 1999 by a 15-year-old and spread widely on the Internet, is still a trade secret. View this story

Saturday, March 03, 2007

Fair Use Act of 2007 proposes some exemptions to DMCA, but not the one we want. Consumers can share content over a home network, but still cannot rip a DVD to a hard drive. View this story

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

After posters at the Doom9 Forums unveiled title keys for Blu-ray and HD DVD discs—which was confirmed by AACS LA on Jan. 24—members have now claimed to find the processing keys for all HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. View this story

Thursday, February 08, 2007

While most of us in the tech industry welcomed Apple CEO Steve Jobs’s call for the end of DRM, the RIAA, well, didn’t. In fact, the RIAA’s Mitch Bainwol suggested instead that Apple open up the company’s FairPlay DRM for use by competitors. View this story

Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Predicts abound for 2007, including a dramatic shift in how digital rights management advocates view their battle. Walls crumbling? Also, Apple’s stranglehold on the digital download world remains tight entering the new year. View this story

Friday, December 22, 2006

Just days after dropping $1.5 million+ in settling rootkit cases with the states of California and Texas, Sony BMG is coughing up another $4.25 million to settle with 39 more states. View this story

Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Sony BMG has settled two more lawsuits—one in California and one in Texas—agreeing to pay a total of $1.5 million and cough up more for customer refunds. Plus, they agree to improve disclosure practices. View this story

Friday, December 15, 2006

While hard-core audiophiles might not embrace digital music, mass consumers have. From the iPod to music servers to Media Center Edition computers, digital audio is here to stay. But DRM is preventing consumers from completely embracing the format. View this story