Sales of unprotected music at retailers could help determine whether record industry adopts open MP3s.
World Wide Web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Thursday that it's critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.
A proposed French law that would force Apple Computer to make the songs it sells through its iTunes music store playable on devices that compete with its own iPod amounts to "state-sponsored piracy," according to Apple.
The iTunes music store in Australia brings credibility to the domestic digital music download market and while it may initially generate more revenue for competitors such as BigPond Music, the Apple offering will very quickly lead the way, an analyst claims.
After more than a year of speculation and false starts, Apple is finally expected to announce the iTunes Australia music store on Tuesday.
RealNetworks CEO Rob Glaser has big plans for his company's new music-playing technology, Apple lawsuit or no Apple lawsuit.
Sales of electronics gear that can play compressed audio files are set to rise by 30 percent a year as people continue to rip CDs to play elsewhere, says market researcher IDC.
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