Yesterday I attended a seminar run by Sarah Brear from the Copyright Licencing Agency. I think I know about copyright, but every time I’m asked a question about it I doubt myself. I am therefore always keen to refresh my knowledge. The session was principally about the licence our university subscribes to and what is permitted (and perhaps more importantly not permitted) under its terms, but also covered the basics of copyright. I’m not going to regurgitate the whole session for you but pull out a few things I noted down that were either interesting, or new to me. I’ve [...]
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The end of DRM on iTunes
This week Apple announced that by the end of the first quarter of 2009 all music available to download from the iTunes store will be DRM (Digital Rights Management) free. Essentially this means that once you have downloaded a track you can store and play it on any compatible device. The new format is known as iTunes Plus. The introduction of this new format for the whole iTunes catalogue comes with the news that single tracks will no longer be sold at the standard price of £0.79. Pricing will now be variable with singles priced at either £0.59, £0.79 or [...]
