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What do Kindle and Lala have in common? #DRMFail

Posted on 09. Jun, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

Those stories aren’t “new”. But it is always good to remind us of where we still are….

1) The KINDLE is a DRM locked device (said with a lot of disappointment)

2) LALA’s Propietary Network DRM Threat

KINDLE RELATED STORIES

-Kindle owners find out about DRM’s ever-present threat

-Amazon Uses DRM To Turn Kindle Into A Very Expensive Paperweight

-Is the Kindle one massive DRM timebomb?

-7 Reasons Why TechCrunch’s New Tablet Can Crush The Kindle

-Over 160 O’Reilly Books Now in Kindle Store (without DRM), More on the Way

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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry – April 19, 2009

Posted on 19. Apr, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

BREAKING NEWS

The Pirate Bay Verdict: guilty

-Wired: Why File Sharing Will save Hollywood, Music.

A good read on the importance of sites like The Pirate Bay “The complete DNA of social media was right there, from the very start of P2P”: buddy lists, user uploads, filtering content by user, viral marketing, ad-supported content and the potential of mining valuable data. “Even as the content industry celebrates another false victory over file sharing, the world is moving on, to cloud-based, on-demand streaming services — some licensed — where you can hear music and watch videos faster and in a more social way than you can with bit torrent. And as content holders look to monetize those networks, P2P networks provide the only useful template, because they share so many characteristics with today’s social-media networks”

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Weekly Digest on the Music Industry -April 5, 2009

Posted on 05. Apr, 2009 by Antonella Stellacci.

BREAKING NEWS (SORT OF..)

-Google launches a free ad-supported music service in China with the blessing of the labels. [WSJ]

TRENDS

-Why buy when you can listen free?

- The agreement between Spotify and 7Digital sparks a debate on the mixed streaming-store business model.  Glenn Peoples at Billboard views Lala as a possible winner because of its more focused user experience. [Billboard]

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