Beatles download claim quashed
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An announcement that Beatles tracks will be available for download is denied by the band's record label.
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Apple declines to explain why its new DRM-free music files are watermarked with users' names and e-mail addresses.
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The latest version of Hymn can already remove DRM protection from songs purchased from the iTunes 7 store to enable playback on non-iPod players.  In Listening Post.
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NEW YORK -- Music company EMI Group PLC _ home of The Rolling Stones and Coldplay _ has been talking with online retailers about possibly selling its entire digital music catalog in MP3 format without copy protection, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday, citing numerous people familiar with the...
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p2pnet.net News:- It&#39;s Apple vs Apple again - that&#39;s to say Steve Jobs&#39; Apple versus The Beatles&#39; Apple. Apple-B claims Apple-J infringes its trade mark and the latter, &quot;is likely to be forced into a multimillion
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LOS ANGELES -  The music industry is looking ahead to life without copy protection. Major label EMI - home of Coldplay and Norah Jones - is in discussions with online music stores about selling its music without copy protection, or digital rights management (DRM), according to two sources with direct knowledge of the talks who would not speak for attribution because discussions are ongoing.
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Copyright reform unveiled Circumventing DRM to make copies for personal use will remain illegal for consumers, under copyright reform proposals floated by the UK government today.â¦
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The British music industry is to sue 28 internet users it says are illegally swapping music online. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) says it is targeting &quot;major uploaders&quot; - those who make music available to share free with others.
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And alternatives to Donkeys Letters eDonkey got its, er, ass kicked in the New York courts last week. And the RIAA owns its front page. And any visitor's IP addresses, it reckons. So, what to do, for the determined downloader?â¦
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Update Slammed for touting unavailable but unlicensed content
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I saw an ad in yesterday's NY Times that offered the complete New Yorker magazine archive, including all the cartoons and ads, going back to 1920-something for a bit more than the hard disk would cost. The ad was from J&R, the company that makes the product is Pexagon. $149. Sounds like there might be DRM. I asked for something like this from the music business. A hundred gigs of popular music for $500, all pre-installed on the disk without DRM.  Someone at the New Yorker had this idea too? It's a good one. Bulk content for collector types. Another source of revenue. I want to run my own personal radio station, so having every song of a certain genre or from a certain period makes the diff.
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Record companies in the UK are for the first time to sue music fans who download tracks illegally from the internet. The British Phonographic Industry, the trade body for record labels in the UK, is to announce
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Apple is facing questions over user data placed in DRM-free tracks sold through iTunes.
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LimeWireÂs counterclaim against the record industry accuses it of a Âmodern conspiracyÂ to aquire a monopoly over copyrighted music.
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Warner Music rejects Apple's call for the removal of copy protection software from music downloads.
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Apple Computer said it had settled its long-running trademark dispute with The Beatles over the use of &quot;Apple&quot; as a name and logo, raising hopes that songs by the Fab Four might soon be available as legal downloads.
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By Eric Pfanner  The two warring Apples - one makes computers and iPods, the other manages The Beatles' business interests - said Monday that they let it be, ending a long-running trademark fight over their shared name.