Tag archive: Apple DRM

It took the Mac App Store just one day to rack up over one million downloaded apps, and considerably less time time for hackers to crack the store's digital rights management (DRM) technology. The Mac App Store launched yesterday and features a range of third-party developed apps as well as Apple apps that include the popular programs iPhoto, Garageband, and Aperture 3. Apple designed the store to make use of DRM encryption to eliminate… Read More

Following the lead of EMI, Universal Music Group has decided to sell agood part of its catalogue online without the usual copyright protection. The experiment will run for at least a few months.   Universal would offer the digital right management (DRM) freemusic through a number of sires, including Real Networks and the young service from Amazon.com, as well as artists’ ownweb sites.   But one place you won’t find it is… Read More