Our host shut down their business and in switching to a new host a few things went wrong. A majority of our readers have stuck with it and for that I have to say thanks! Hopefully the rest of you will find your way back.
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The latest version of our favorite tagging application has been released. Mp3tag 2.38 has a lot of fixes and some great new features. Some of the most anticipated features include support the latest lossless format TAK, support for importing cover art from the clipboard, displaying of cover art in main window, FLAC cover art support, […]

Instead of posting each piece of relevant DRM news I am going to sum up the week (if there is enough activity) or the month in one post. This seems to be a happy medium in presenting you with DRM news. And now onto the news.
1. Norway’s Liberal Party Wants to Ban DRM
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I chose an interesting time to be out of town. The last 3-4 weeks have brought many changes, announcements and opinions to the DRM battle.
On Monday Apple and EMI announced that EMI’s entire catalog will be made available DRM-Free at 256 kbps AAC and users who previously downloaded lower quality formats can upgrade for 30 […]

At this years Spring EHX (Electronic House Expo) Scott Varner from Niveus Media made an interesting presentation that I thought some of you might be interested in checking out.
Scott discusses ways of getting high quality audio from your media center PC.
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First introduced at CES 2007, the Cowon D2 PMP has generated a lot of buzz but unfortunetly has only been available in Korea. Now the D2 has been seen in both the 2GB and 4GB models at major e-tailers like Amazon and Buy.com for around $200.00. One of the reasons the D2 is such a […]

One of the biggest obstacles for those seeking DRM free downloads is the lack of downloads for major artists. While not everyone listens to popular music a majority of the downloads on the web are from these popular artists and it is obvious that the major music conglomerates are going to cater to the majority. […]

For you Squeezebox owners there is a thread going on at the Slim Devices Forum on playing Linn Records 24 bit masters through your Squeezebox. If you don’t know who Linn Records is you should. Linn Records is one of a very few companies that offers DRM free lossless downloads in WMA Lossless and are […]

Some of the first signs of DRM free music by a major music company have appeared in France. Universal France has quietly confirmed that a live album by Emilie Simon called L’Olympia is in fact DRM free. The president of Universal’s France, Middle East and Mediterranean-South America divisions Pascal Negre was the one to make […]

I am working on a list of sites that offer not only lossless downloads but are also drm free. The availability of legal lossless downloads has skyrocketed over the last 6 months across all genres of music which is a great sign for lossless audio. To tide you over until the list is completed you […]

Unfortunately the discussions between EMI and digital download services regarding DRM Free downloads have ceased. Andrew does a good job of summing it up.
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In an interesting response to Job’s comments on DRM, the CEO of Macrovision has written a public letter detailing his views on DRM. CEO Amoroso also suggests that Macrovision take over as stewards of Apple’s own DRM technology FairPlay. This open letter can be found on Macrovisions’s website below.

Reponse Letter from Macrovision…
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Two companies have teamed up to create a interesting use of the ZP80 wireless hub from Sonos. Speaker maker PMC and a media integration company by the name of Digital Plumbers have come together to create a wireless speaker that embedded a Sonos ZP80 inside of a PMC speaker. Curently this product is only available […]

The latest version of FLAC has been released bringing the current version to 1.1.4. This has been a great year for Flac users with many new devices providing hardware support and the release of 1.1.3 which brought a host of much anticipated features. With Flac 1.1.4 the theme is speed, many improvements in both compression […]

The chief executive of the RIAA has reponded to Job’s comments on DRM stating that Apple should make it’s anti-piracy technology openly available. What is great about this dialog is that it shows that DRM in its current state is clearly not working.
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