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.


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