Jun 21, 2003 | audio, DRM, file_sharing
Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said at a hearing on Tuesday that he would favor legislation authorizing copyright holders to engage in wide scale destruction of computers that have downloaded music files or other copyrighted...
Jun 4, 2003 | Amazon, Apple, audio
Amazon has been eyeing the market for downloadable music for years, wondering how to jump in. The issue isn’t technology, it’s the business model, availability of content and music industry support. There was an unconfirmed report yesterday that Amazon is talking to...
May 27, 2003 | audio, file_sharing
There will be an important update for Kazaa within the next 24 hours. They’ve identified a security vulnerability and they’re urging users to patch their systems quickly. Here’s an article with more details. While we’re on the subject, though, don’t be confused by a...
May 17, 2003 | Apple, audio
Apple’s new music downloading service, iTunes, reported two million downloads in its first 16 days of operation, a startling success. I continue to hope that it falls flat, for the reasons I wrote up on May 1. If consumers sign up to digital rights management at a...
May 1, 2003 | audio, software
In the background I’m downloading the new version of Media Jukebox, renamed Media Center 9. Here’s the page with all the details. Media Jukebox has long been my favorite program for managing my mp3 library. The new version adds an improved interface, some new tricks...
May 1, 2003 | audio, Microsoft, software
Microsoft introduced Windows Media Player 9 a few months ago. It’s got a better interface and much improved technology for streaming audio and video – far better than RealPlayer and QuickTime. It runs best on Windows XP, of course – I’ve seen problem reports on...
