By requiring retailers to encrypt e-books with DRM, big publishers are essentially banning online indie bookstores and increasing their own dependence on the whims of Apple and Amazon. Emily Gould and Ruth Curry of Emily Books look at the problem DRM poses indie booksellers. Read more »
Some bloggers have been likening popular funnyman Louis CK to Radiohead, pointing out that both have large passionate audiences and both hav… Read more »
The new technology allowing consumers who buy entertainment in physical formats to consume it online for no additional cost has gone live an… Read more »
Judges this year have shot down two unorthodox tactics used by the entertainment industry to collect money from file-sharers. But that hasn’… Read more »
As a standalone service, Turntable.fm launched less than a year ago, and it has already gained considerable buzz among the tech and music el… Read more »
Photo distribution company Getty Images has finalized its acquisition of stock images service Photolibrary as it seeks to expand its interna… Read more »
With growing adoption of new unlimited-access media rental services like Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) and Spotify, I anticipate a future crunch poin… Read more »
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the latest tally on Android malware; GetJar buys an app discover and metrics provider,… Read more »
Comcast-owned white label video service thePlatform has struck a deal with Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) that will add PlayReady and its Internet I… Read more »
In the U.S., copyright law generally makes it illegal for consumers to do things like copy a DVD, even if it’s for personal use. But in Cana… Read more »
BlueBeat Music has found one way to stand out among the plethora of music streaming and download sites: stream The Beatles’ catalog (origina… Read more »
UK artists and musicians have put aside their differences to broadly back the government’s revised anti-piracy plans to use tougher technica… Read more »
How many people watch illegal webcasts of English Premier League matches vie P2P sites? Often more than one million according to Christopher… Read more »
DRM provider Intertrust has had a tough enough time making inroads into the U.S. market with its promises to guard content providers’ conten… Read more »
Despite Lord Carter’s 10-month Digital Britain review deciding to ease piracy with soft ISP measures if a system of warning letters doesn’t… Read more »
Not the biggest shock … A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction against RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) Tuesday, prohibiting the company… Read more »
Many music services have been dropping DRM to make their wares more popular, now speculation says Nokia (NYSE: NOK) is about to do the same.… Read more »
The e-book market may have just hit its tipping point: Barnes & Noble, the world’s largest bookseller, has acquired indie e-book seller Fict… Read more »
A few eye-catching items from the tsunami of post-shipping Kindle 2 coverage:
– What would Kindle do?: Not all K2s work out of the box an… Read more »
The percentage of internet users who bought a CD in Q3 fell to 22 percent from 25 percent last year, according to an online survey by market… Read more »
