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- Last Week's Insider Buys and Sells [view article]
- Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
- Lionsgate Entertainment: Misunderstood, Too Cheap to Ignore [view article]
- Under The Radar News - Friday [view article]
- Apple Gets Serious About Movie Dowloads: Better Late Than Never [view article]
- A Desperate Blockbuster Tries Something Else [view article]
- Under The Radar News - Tuesday [view article]
- Much Ado about Yahoo, Fast Money Recap, (4/21/08) [view article]
- Hulu Launches: Great Product, But Still Screwed [view article]
- Time Warner Cable Conquers Fear of Video-On-Demand [view article]
- Lionsgate Now Showing On iTunes [view article]
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Last Week's Insider Buys and Sells [view article]
Can anyone tell me how I can check Insider Trading for Canadian companies? ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
DRM is one thing, the digital format is another, but more important issue. As long as movies are available in a non-propriety good quality format, Apple will be happy to use their standard. That is, as long as microsoft can't embrace and extend it. ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
I'm not sure I follow your reasoning that this consortium is a benefit to consumers. I spy Microsoft in the mix of companies and media producers. IF Microsoft GENUINELY wanted interoperability then they could have done so years ago. Going on prior behaviour (Has everyone gotten amnesia lately?) I'm not the least bit confident that MS has any intension but to link 'primary' interoperability to it's products alone. Yah, they might allow basic video viewing at 240x320 on non MS gear and OS but to get the full rich experience you need to sun 'Windows Media Deluxe Professional Corporate Mega Homestore OS' version 12 ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Yes, wake up, but keep quiet and just sit, & wait & see.All this argues won't help. Reply
Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Hey guys, wake up!! The horse has left the barn, Apple has taken the market. What you are doing is just locking the barn door. Face the facts! ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Instead of finding solutions that their customers want, these guys are trying to engineer a solution that addresses their needs only. Consumers will simply ignore them or just find a way around it. Anyway since MS is part of the consortium, you can be sure it won't be open or they will find a way to retain control. ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
This consortium approach smells more like the formation of an illegal Cartel for entertainment. The FTC should take notice of this collusion!!! ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Apple's Fairplay DRM is an optional service to content owners. Since it is proprietary, Apple can both make guarantees to content owners (if security is breached, Apple can force an update to every device wanting to load new Fairplay content), and offer consumers a fair deal (DRM'd content never dies; there is no "keep alive" callback to headquarters required, unlike other systems with guarantees).The problem with a shared open standard is that once it's cracked, it can't be repaired, and content owners can't be compensated. Therefore it can't compete with Fairplay as an attractive DRM for content owners.
Apple does not in fact demand a monopoly on distribution; but only to distribute on its own terms.
The final solution some years hence may be that Fairplay is licensed broadly by means of Apple chips embedded in devices from all manufacturers.
The paradox for content owners is that no-one wants content until they are aware of it. An owner will pay to get his song on radio, yet wants paying for a consumer to hear it on demand. An industry wide "open" DRM is destined either to be cracked and bypassed (like DVD), or its protected content to be ignored and forgotten by consumers.
The industry needs to cut a long term deal to license Fairplay, in exchange for giving Apple distribution of its content. Reply
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Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Erick,Hate to break it to you, but this is Msft trying to take over DRM. Haven't you noticed?
Msft has failed (till now) with its crapware, but just wait until the new standard is announced! What a surprise when this thing appears to be somewhat advantageous to msft! Who'd a thunk?
Msft leading a collusive attack on it's enemies (In this case Apple and Disney.) is Msft doing what it does best.
Apple innovates the future.
Msft innovates collusion. Reply
Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
It will have to be good. Really good. Which it won't be. Just as all those other useless alternatives to iTunes for music were decimated - by having no customers.
If this is another Microsoft like tactic, to artificially engineer the take down of Apple, it will only fail.
Just as the Music labels are failing at slowing iTunes by denying them DRM free music. (Funny thing is that the music labels are engineering the lock in to iPods which is exactly what they say they DON'T want!).
Net result of all this will be another expensive fail. Reply
Consortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
Fairplay DRM sucks? Apple would be delighted to drop it if the labels would let them. As for the Apple store and the ipods, the market has spoken. They like it. The consortium is a joke. Poor Microsoft and their Zune. Another joke. ReplyConsortium To Standardize Digital Rights Management, Take On Apple [view article]
You may not like Apple's DRM - but it sure is a whole lot better than what we had before. The only choice you had then was to buy a CD or download illegally!That was the deal the music companies made. We will sell online IFF you can protect the product from illegal copying. It's worked fine for me. Reply
Lionsgate Entertainment: Misunderstood, Too Cheap to Ignore [view article]
Its obvious that you are CLUELESS. There is no such thing ad FREE CASH FLOW in the movie business. Its some artificial con job to keep you financial guys in copy ReplyLionsgate Entertainment: Misunderstood, Too Cheap to Ignore [view article]
Excellent summary of LGF. Several years ago I wondered if LGF would survive in the movie industry. Appears so.What I like is LGF's looking to other avenues such as the library archives of film and DVD's.
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Lionsgate Entertainment: Misunderstood, Too Cheap to Ignore [view article]
Good write-up. I've been tracking LGF and MVL for several years and I would love to see Marvel buy / merge with Lionsgate.Best;
KaptKos Reply