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DRM-free music is making its way to iTunes via a major music label and without increasing piracy.
We've been writing a lot about music in the past few months so it's only fair that we talk a little bit about some music label companies that are evolving towards the digital era instead of only fighting it.
In that sense, the EMI Group (Electric & Musical Industries) comes to mind since it describes EMI Music as "a leader in recognizing the opportunities in the digital age to connect its music with fans".
Billboard recently interviewed three EMI executives, Elio Leoni-Sceti, Nick Gatfield and Douglas Merrill to talk about their company and how it fits in the music industry.
When asked about putting DRM-free music on iTunes, Merril answered:
"It gets people engaged with the art in a whole new way by getting rid of artificial rules-like we don't trust you, so I'm not going to give you this content. It just sort of set the wrong tone with our customers."
And when asked about its impact on piracy, he added:
"The pirates are doing a busy business regardless. The best way to get a pirated copy probably isn't to buy it from iTunes and then push it."
We couldn't agree more with his DRM statement! DRM is sending the wrong message to the consumers and its complete disappearance in the music industry as well as in the game industry, for which it is also only hurting the business instead of helping it, would be a great step forward.
We were all eagerly waiting for the first mobile compatible with Android, Google's open platform for mobile applications.
We first heard about it a month ago, but now it's shaping up. HTC, a Taiwanese phone manufacturer, took the initiative and presented the first prototype, the T-Mobile G1 (see the pictures below), last Tuesday in New York.
One of the main differences displayed on the T-Mobile G1 in comparison with the iPhone, in addition to working on an open-source platform, is its Amazon partnership for music download. Indeed, contrary to iTunes, Amazon will present a large catalog of MP3s with no DRM!
That's a really good news for a product that already makes every .
So do you want to get your hands on this latest technological release? Or do you just want to see a Flash animation that gives you a foretaste of what the T-Mobile G1 will be like? It's all at this address.
Why do people pirate games? This is the question Cliff Harris, Positech Games developer, asked on his blog and for which he managed to find answers.
So what started off as a way to make people more aware of his creations and lead them to purchase more of his games on his Website turned into a real interrogation on what leads people to pirate games and what needs to be changed in order maybe not to avoid but at least decrease piracy significantly.
What came out of this survey is that games piracy is caused mainly by cost, which does not really surprise me since it is one of the sources of piracy in general and not just games piracy, and DRM which really isn't a surprise either since people don't like to pay for something they don't fully own.
However what games developers should really focus on is to improve gameplay because it is a significant cause of piracy as well. Indeed this realization is sadder than shocking since there has been a clear quality decrease over the years.
So, games developers, take some notes and users will reward your efforts. ;-)
Here we go! It was announced yesterday on TechCrunch France, we are launching today our white label media software offer named "Omega Tribes".
We already have a great article on Mashable.
Press release + screenshots + videos + links on zSlide's web-site.
Omega Tribes targets small companies, start-ups, non-profits, independent producers, amateurs and video bloggers or Podcast creators who distribute quality content on the Internet. Omega Tribes allows them to manage their content distribution through an all-in-one media player which combines audio, video, podcasting, RSS and Web browsing.
The white label media player Omega Tribes is built on the same technology as Omega Media Player which is used by the operator Orange for its Media Player which generated 37 million downloads in 2007!
Omega Tribes has advanced multimedia functionality and is extremely fast to implement since it can be fully customized and packaged on request, for distribution to Internet users, in just a few hours.
Moreover, the software and customization service are offered to the first video-bloggers and podcasters who will contribute to make buzz around our product, for more details.
