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Apple patent would let you sell your iTunes content to others

Apple patent would let you sell your iTunes content to others
  • Posted March 7, 2013, 5:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Apple
  • Earlier today the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that would allow customers to legally sell or loan used iTunes content to another person. The patent is titled “Managing access to digital content items” and…

Paramount first to sell UltraViolet movies but limits platform support

Paramount first to sell UltraViolet movies but limits platform support
  • Posted January 25, 2012, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, The Web
  • As companies begin to embrace UltraViolet, a centralized meta-DRM strategy used for video content, Paramount appears to be the first to actually offer stand-alone UV movies for sale to consumers.

SOPA denounced by Internet founders, CEOs in letter

SOPA denounced by Internet founders, CEOs in letter
  • Posted December 16, 2011, 4:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web, Industry News Breaking News
  • The Stop Online Piracy Act has generated a great deal of controversy over the past few months. The bill is so controversial in fact, a group of 83 engineers who helped create the Internet have issued an open letter (PDF). If…

U.S. Senator tells Google it needs a "terrorist button"

U.S. Senator tells Google it needs a "terrorist button"
  • Posted November 25, 2011, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The Web
  • In a letter addressed to Google's CEO, Larry Page, the company is asked to add a "flag" for content deemed to be terrorist related. The letter was sent by well-known Independent, Joe Lieberman, a U.S. senator from Connecticut. As of 2008,…

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