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Amazon Wades into Rights Locker Territory for Video
Will Amazon’s Disc+ On Demand render rights locker initiatives like DECE irrelevant?
Microsoft’s Search-Indexing Bribe to News Corp.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, especially if he pays me.
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.
Disney Prepares Rights Locker Initiative
Hollywood’s latest format war. Lurking in the background: Apple vs. Microsoft.
DRM Research: Alive and Well and Living near the Rhine
Highlights from the Virtual Goods Conference & ODRL Workshop in Nancy, France.
Sony Transitions to Adobe E-Book Platform
Sony Reader and the Sony e-bookstore will abandon its proprietary e-book technology and focus on Adobe’s Digital Editions platform. But how much does this help Adobe?
AP Pushes Ahead with Rights Microformat
A rights expression language scheme with ties to Creative Commons will be used for AP news content.
RIAA Releases Watermarking Payload Specification
A proposed standard that should hasten the adoption of digital watermarking in the music industry.
Intertrust Launches OMA DRM Trust Services
Intertrust expands its Marlin trust management services to OMA DRM 2.0, thereby promoting interoperability between the two technologies.
Geospatial Data: A New Old Data Type for DRM?
Geospatial data spans government, corporate, and consumer domains. How can or should DRM apply there?
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