So, Steve Jobs has called on the music industry to start selling music online without any DRM? I think this has less to do with Steve wanting what’s best for the consumer and more to do with the recent news that Norway declared Apple’s DRM - specifically the way iTunes is locked into iPod - violates their [...]

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The BBC are reporting that they are to hook up with Azureus, and make programs like Red Dwarf, Little Britain and Fawlty Towers available for download via Azureus’ recently announced Zudeo service. I have a real problem with this. My taxes, in the form of a £131 per year ($260USD) TV license fee (which is levied against all TV [...]

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This article at Boing Boing caught my attention the other day: The BBC are reporting that there will be no copyright extension for songs in the UK. The official review commissioned by the Treasury on all IP law in the UK has not yet been published but it is highly likely the BBC have managed [...]

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