Author Archives: Bill Rosenblatt
In PogueWorld, Apple TV Is the Future
Dollar-a-show TV is not the future of television, not even if Apple thinks it is.
UltraViolet to Offer White Label Service
Will the Hollywood consortium target small video retailers?
Assessing the HDCP Hack
Yes, it’s a hack. No, it’s not equivalent to the DeCSS hack for DVDs.
Ninth Circuit Overturns Vernor v. Autodesk Decision
Is this the beginning of the era of “verbal DRM”?
Video Fingerprinting Gains Momentum for Contextual Advertising
More evidence that rights technologies can promote choice in business models. Whether the choices are appropriate or not is another question.
U.S. Rights Technologies Poll Results Updated
By a quirk of calendar timing, the week-long doldrums before the Labor Day holiday in the US are extended to two weeks this year. This means that the slow end-of-summer news period will extend for a while. In the meantime, I noticed that more people voted in the U.S. Rights Technologies Deficit poll that I […]
European Music Rights Database Project Issues RFP
An “unfunded mandate” for a European musical analog to the Book Rights Registry.
Carphone Warehouse and Catch Media Launch Music Access Service
Will people pay for access to music without paying for the music itself? Thanks to Catch Media and Carphone Warehouse, we’ll find out.
Fair Use and the DMCA Triennial Rulemaking
Are Fair Use decisions automatable? Not now. But the Copyright Office’s triennial rulemakings on DMCA 1201 offer a glimpse into a different future.
I Buy Music. Not Music T-Shirts.
T-shirts will not save musicians.
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