JamieG Analysis

Recently “Insight” an SBS TV show that holds panel discussions did a story called “MiTunes“.  This panel is made up of younger confessed downloaders.  A number of local semi successful artists and some heads of record labels and industry organizations.
Unfortunately, there was considerable miss-information based around the fact that most of these people are mis-informed [...]

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If you follow my blog, you will notice that I take a lot of effort in looking at Adobe and what they are doing with their flash technology. To help position this post, let me first refer to previous posts in reverse chronological order:
Flash DRM, a disappointing implementation: where I discuss pitfalls in Adobe’s plans, [...]

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Recently Adobe released  “Flash Media Rights Management Server“. More details have come to light, and unfortunately it is not good.
Follow this link for a good overview of the latest development in the Flash DRM.
Unfortunately Adobe appears to have lost the plot here.  The details regarding FMRMS are a strange departure from what appeared to be [...]

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There is an interesting site I follow called DRMwatch.
Obviously it has articles/posts that are about DRM (Digital Rights Managment)  For example, Apples Itunes not letting you play the files on any other system apart from YOUR personal computer or your Ipod.
This site, as it is about DRM, is generally VERY pro DRM.
In any case, there [...]

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Recently Chris Anderson of Wired was interview by Charlie Rose. This was one of the better Tech interview I have seen this year. (Direct link to Charlie Rose and it Comments page) It was to promote Chris Anderson’s new book on “Free!” in which he lays down the reasons why the future on [...]

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