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Sony BMG Music Entertainment, the world's second largest music label, has become the last of the top four majors to scuttle digital rights management (DRM) software on music downloads.
Napster, one of original and best-known music sharing brands, has become a thorn in the side of its parent Bertelsmann because of its AU$400 million legal bill.
Sony continues to distribute software containing a rootkit-like cloaking technology, which security firms say could be used by criminals to hide malware, from its Web site.
Security specialists are warning that Sony's MicroVault USB, which is a biometric USB storage device, cloaks driver software in a Windows directory that could be used by malware to avoid detection from security applications.
Alan Cox, one of the most respected figures in the open-source community, talks about GPL 3, software patents, the kernel development process and Linux on the desktop.
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Attorney Eric J. Sinrod explains why legal woes are mounting for the record label over its CD fiasco.
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The software giant digs its roots a little deeper into the music business as Macrovision agrees to license its Windows digital rights management technology for CDs.
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MP3.com Chairman and CEO Michael Robertson announced a new subscription system that would allow artists and labels to control the price of subscriptions -- and raise or lower the charge.
Microsoft is trying to woo Mac OS X users with its new Microsoft Windows Media Player for OS X. Seeking to gain an advantage over its nemesis, Real Networks, this new Media Player release will be the only software to support streaming Windows Media audio and video on the Mac.
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