Managing Rights Management

Mobile DRM -Yet Another View

Another view regarding mobile DRM from Design Technica: License revenues from DRM technologies will likely surpass $500 million by 2009, according to market research firm Digital Tech Consulting (DTC). DRM technology, primarily either OMA DRM or Windows Media DRM, is finding its way into mobile phones initially via the smartphone,... Read more →

Mobile To Drive DRM - A Tidbit

This ZDNet article is interesting for two reasons. First, interoperability is one driver for broad adoption of DRM for mobile devices [compare the Who Makes Money and the Royalty Flap blogicles]. Also of interest is that the site provided the HTML coded article for cutting and pasting. Talk about incentives.... Read more →

Peppercoin picked by Wurld Media for P2P payments

According to Mass High Tech, Waltham, MA-based Peppercoin will provide Wurld Media with it's microtransaction software, enabling Wurld Media to legally sell digital content through its Peer Impact P2P Network. Using Peppercoin’s software will allow Wurld Media to accept credit and debit cards for small payments, such as individual media... Read more →

What's Up With Free? - Orb News

InternetNews's eCommerce reports that Orb Media has switched its business model from subscription to free. A signal event? Orb Networks is throwing its current subscription model out the door to become a free streaming service and software provider, the company said Tuesday. Currently, the Emeryville, Calif.-based firm offers two months... Read more →

More Grokster Before The Supremes

Lots of media coverage, of course. Nina Totenberg's NPR commentary is here. This Washington Post article is useful (registration may be required): The entertainment industry yesterday took its campaign to stop illegal sharing of music and videos to the U.S. Supreme Court, telling the justices that popular online services such... Read more →

The Things You Can Do With Skype

CNET reports that Voice-over-IP service Skype is being used for P2P filesharing and Skype-casting. There's a growing number of people sharing their iPod digital music using freely available software and Skype, a free Internet phone service. The enthusiasts are borrowing heavily from another personal broadcasting phenomenon called podcasting, in which... Read more →

Freelance Writers Win Settlement

This case revolves around the electronic rights for articles written by freelance authors. The release and additional information can be found on the National Writers Union site here. The American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Authors Guild, and the National Writers Union today announced the filing of a motion... Read more →

Recently Issued Patents

The US Patent Office issues new patents on Tuesdays. Issued patents and published applications may be early indicators of the kinds of issues being addressed by inventors and/or the companies for whom they work. Here are two recent patents relating to rights management. The first describes a content usage control... Read more →

A Very Important Piece of the Puzzle: MRT’s Audio Stream Protection Technologies.

I recently sat down recently with Media Rights Technologies’ Ted Fitzgerald, CTO, Bianca Soros, COO, and Liz Crowell, Director of Business Development, to learn more about the company, its technologies, and people. Here I want to focus on what MRT has accomplished to significantly increase the protection of audio—music, but... Read more →

Happy P2P Day

Today is the day the Supremes hear oral arguments regarding P2P networking and copyright infringement. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's MGM vs. Grokster resource page is a good place to begin to better understand what is at stake and for whom. Yesterday's NYT's coverage is here. Read more →