A lot of companies like to sell you applications to put DVD's on your iPhone. Usually these apps are just wrappers around existing tools, and are pretty expensive if you consider you can do it for free. And you don't need to be a computer wizard either! The steps are simple: 1. Use …

I recently found an old harddisk which used to be in one of my old PC's. I discovered some FLAC files on there, which were rips of old CD's I used to have. iTunes is not too happy with importing them into my library, and the original CD's are in a box in a deep dark corner of my garage. I searched for a converter and …

Regular readers know that I've been ranting about the way the music and movie industry are selling us crippled content, which actually feels like punishing you for honestly buying your digital content. Coincidentally, a month after that rant, Steve wrote a mail to the music industry in which he stated that DRM clearly …

A briliant post on xkcd.com today explains in one single cartoon why DRM is bad: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Steal This Comic"][/caption] I couldn't have made it simpler (although I tried).

Nice example of digital revolution and power to the people can be found at http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-05-02-n67.html. Let's hope manufacturers understand that people don't want to pay for crippled content. Digital copies where copyright is removed are actually better than their DRM protected originals, …

In a previous post I told you that Steve Jobs wants to provide DRM-free music through iTunes, but was held back by music companies. Steve must have had a few long and hard talks, because now EMI and Apple are teaming up to provide high quality DRM-free tracks through the iTunes music store, priced at $1.30. The same …

The DRM discussion that was started by Steve Jobs is generating some interesting ripples in the music business pond. More people are starting to think DRM is not the answer: PureTracks will sell DRM-free tracks.

Remember my rant on copy protection in the post about opening iTunes to other players? All the things record and movie companies tried the last few years has only encouraged people to rip, copy and distribute illegal media instead. It turns out that Steve Jobs also thinks that DRM is not the answer, according to …

Today I found an article about Norway suing Apple because music bought in the iTunes store could not be played on a non-iPod music player. If Apple looses this legal attack, it would result in an even stranger digital rights management situation than we already have. First, let me tell you why I think the whole legal …