Monthly Archives: December 2010

Cricket Wireless Sings the Same Old Song

Is the new MuveMusic service from Cricket Wireless a “game changer for everyone”? Hardly.

Tim Wu’s Master Switch

Columbia law professor Tim Wu explains how the power behind information technologies flows toward corporate monopolists.

Google Acquires Widevine

Less than a day after I pooh-poohed announcements made by Google’s general counsel about supposed steps the company is taking to enhance copyright enforcement over its services, Google announced a deal to acquire Widevine Technologies, one of the last remaining independent DRM vendors.  The price was undisclosed, although Widevine has accrued investments well into the tens […]

Google’s Baby Steps on Copyright

Google announces new copyright tools on the eve of Viacom’s legal appeal against it.

The End of the DRM-Sideloading Era

Rhapsody cuts the cable on its mobile apps: the beginning of the end of PC-tethered subscriptions.