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Hands up, who wants a Digital Copy?

Posted on15. Oct, 2008 by Rob.

At Macworld in January, Apple CEO Steve Jobs trumpeted the arrival of Digital Copy: legit iPod-friendly versions of the movies you buy on DVD, that save you the hassle of being hounded by Hollywood’s copyright cops. But then not very much happened, in the UK anyway. What’s going on?

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10 ways Apple could improve iTunes 8

Posted on07. Oct, 2008 by Rob.

Apple promised big things for the launch of iTunes 8 last September, and what did we get? A music recommendation engine and another layer of UI glossiness in the Grid view. Genius? Not really. What we really hoped for and expected was a complete ground-up revamp that prepped iTunes for the future. Why?

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Blu-ray sales stumble, fall

Posted on25. Sep, 2008 by Rob.

Whether you agree with my 5 reasons why Blu-ray will die article or not, the latest news from Nielsen VideoScan in the USA won’t make for happy reading – especially for the PS3 fanboys out there

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Toshiba prepping HD movie download store?

Posted on05. Sep, 2008 by Rob.

Toshiba looks set to launch an HD movie download store within the next few weeks, according to a source close to the company

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iTunes movie downloads: over-priced, over-hyped and over here?

Posted on17. Jun, 2008 by Rob.

Do you get your kicks from flicks on the iTunes Store – or would you be better off buying them some place else?

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iTunes movie rentals last longer than 24 hours

Posted on29. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

You can pause a downloaded movie then come back to it later… much later

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ISPs urged to take action over illegal downloads

Posted on24. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

Iffy file access accounts for 80 per cent of all internet traffic, says music biz

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BitTorrent bandits to be slapped with bandwidth charge

Posted on18. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

Time Warner Cable in the US thinks it’s come up with a neat way to stop BitTorrent pirates in their tracks

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Steve Jobs: Blu-ray win is meaningless

Posted on18. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

Apple bigwig bigs up HD movie downloads, slates Microsoft’s Zune

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Why Apple TV could be the future of video

Posted on17. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

First Apple took over the music biz, now is Hollywood next?

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iTunes movie rentals are real

Posted on09. Jan, 2008 by Rob.

Family Guy DVD confirms what everyone has long suspected

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Free movie downloads come to BT Vision

Posted on05. Dec, 2007 by Rob.

As long as you don’t mind sitting through ads

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Fox to offer movie downloads on iTunes?

Posted on04. Dec, 2007 by Rob.

Deal imminent

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Sky airs Anytime PC makeover show

Posted on03. Dec, 2007 by Rob.

Now anyone can download its programs – as long as they own a Wintel machine

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Secret DRM tech could change your gadgets forever

Posted on22. Nov, 2007 by Rob.

Marlin to infect everything from websites to consumer tech

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Music fans being ‘driven to piracy’, DRM blamed

Posted on20. Nov, 2007 by Rob.

Entertainment Retail Association breaks ranks with music biz

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iTunes HD, new Macs imminent?

Posted on05. Oct, 2007 by Rob.

High definition downloads and a lot, lot more

Apple’s biggest-ever year isn’t over yet – and the company still has several more things to reveal before the year is out, according to ‘reliable sources’ being quoted by Mac rumour sites.
You can read the rest of this article on TechRadar.com

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EMI drops DRM on iTunes

Posted on02. Apr, 2007 by Rob.

Removal of copy-protection sets legal downloads free

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iTunes: EMI to go DRM-free

Posted on02. Apr, 2007 by Rob.

The beginning of the end for copy-protected music?

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5 billion reasons why DRM doesn’t matter

Posted on02. Apr, 2007 by Rob.

Legal downloads dwarfed by P2P

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iPod rips are illegal, says US Library of Congress

Posted on30. Nov, 2006 by Rob.

Ain’t no such thing as ‘fair use’

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