Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment The things that most people don't like about the ipod - DRM etc.are in fact multiplied by MS in the Zune. Heaven forbid if you wrote it and wanted to give your music to your mates - your songs will still be wrapped in DRM for your protection.
[November 25, 2006, 10:15]
Utility Cracks Microsoft DRM
News FairUse4WM first appeared in August 2006 on the Doom9 encoding forum, as a tool to strip the DRM from music files designed to play in Windows Media Player. On Friday, a newly registered Doom9 user called "Divine Tao" (an anagram of Viodentia...
[July 16, 2007, 13:51]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment Won't work with Microsoft's oh-so-ironically labelled Plays For Sure, won't work with Vista, won't work with the Mac, has really really naff DRM, has wasted its Wi-Fi and requires you to buy a non-convertible currency called Points before you can...
[November 25, 2006, 13:34]
Microsoft Files Lawsuit Over Source Code Theft
News At the moment, Microsoft is taking a two-pronged technical and legal approach to FairUse4WM that goes beyond the scope of its earlier DRM battles. One of the great features of the Windows Media DRM is its renewability," said Bill Pence, chief...
[September 27, 2006, 8:40]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog OK, perhaps not quite as silly as Zune's DRM, but still silly enough to feed a family of four for a week on prime stupid with enough ridiculousness left over to repaper the spare room. Thursday 21/09/2006
[September 22, 2006, 19:25]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment Explain please.how coating everything in DRM with the ZUNE even music you write and record yourself - you know - with instruments and voices is less restrictive than the ipod - which ONLY has DRM on the music purchased from the itunes music store?
[November 25, 2006, 15:31]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Won't work with Microsoft's oh-so-ironically labelled Plays For Sure, won't work with Vista, won't work with the Mac, has really really naff DRM, has wasted its Wi-Fi and requires you to buy a non-convertible currency called Points before you can...
[November 23, 2006, 15:19]
Unsure If It 'Plays For Sure'
Forum So any media bought from MSN Music's website is now going to be unusable on the new device, And the new Zune music store isn't going to be Plays for sure compatable as the DRM is changing for the Zune.o.0
[November 7, 2006, 11:38]
Microsoft Patches Free-music Hack
News Microsoft has moved to counteract a new utility that seems to have successfully cracked the software maker's digital rights management (DRM) software. Its author claims it can strip the DRM encoding from music files designed to play in Windows...
[August 29, 2006, 16:50]
DRM Converter
Downloads Batch convert iTunes DRM protected music files to unprotected MP3, AAC, Apple Lossles, AIFF, or WAV files ready for use on any computers or mobile music devices such as iPod, iPhone, PSP, Zune, MP3 player, CD player, cellular phone - without any...
[October 13, 2008, 17:16]
Re: Apple
Talkback Worse than that - all your OPEN music which you transfer to the device - The Zune - gets coated in a thick layer of DRM - even if you wrote the bloody song yourself. Apple's DRM is hardly a lock-in. I don't think Apple could get away with such...
[February 9, 2007, 11:49]
Taking The Rap For DRM
Leader Rapper and new media entrepreneur Chuck D has made his feelings about current DRM usage painfully clear. ATRAC, AAC, WMA, with all that DRM they can play the trick again, it's yo' that they're managin' and yo' don't mean a thing
[September 19, 2006, 16:05]
Apple IPhone - What's Behind The Curtain?
Blog What does it do with Apple's DRM? The good things first: it makes every other phone on the planet look three years old (and the Zune look ten). I watched the live blogs unveiling the iPhone, and got quite indecently excited.
[January 9, 2007, 22:36]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment all those scare stories that Richard Stallman uses to terrify children - "DRM means the Nasty Big Corporates can take away your rights! without DRM. DRM - well, I've never bought a song on iTunes, and if I ever buy a CD that I can't rip because of...
[November 25, 2006, 15:42]
Top Ten Things Wrong With Zune
Blog Comment I must confess that I have been uninspired by all DRM protected portable media players for quite some time -- including the iPod. Haha, nice . Yes I understand it is nice and convenient to have something which can plug into a tailored site to...
[November 24, 2006, 9:30]
