Category Music

Will Pandora Kill Muzak?

A new way to get music into restaurants and retail stores… if only it were legal.

FreeAllMusic.com Offers MP3 Downloads for Watching Ads

Another leg in the race to the bottom for music.

2009 Year in Review, Part 1

A slow year in DRM, to match the slow economy.

MOG Mashes Up On-Demand and Radio

What do you get when you cross on-demand streaming with customized web radio? An object-lesson on the needless complexities of music licensing.

What’s Next for Nokia’s Comes with Music?

Usage statistics from Nokia’s music-bundling service point to increased musical adventurousness when users don’t have to pay for each track.

Good Old Fashioned Incompatibility

Apple may have given up on DRM for music, but it has figured out other ways to lock users into its audio platform.

DRM Research: Alive and Well and Living near the Rhine

Highlights from the Virtual Goods Conference & ODRL Workshop in Nancy, France.

Rhapsody Adds iPhone Client

The big chance, finally, for music subscription services.

P.S. Note to RealNetworks: now how about a streaming Rhapsody application for the BlackBerry?

RIAA Releases Watermarking Payload Specification

A proposed standard that should hasten the adoption of digital watermarking in the music industry.

UMG and Virgin Media Launch Subscription DRM-Free Music Downloads in UK

An attempt to forestall government regulation of online music.