FairPlay Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Dear Aunt TUAW: The quick hit edition

by Erica Sadun (Feb 28th, 2012)

Dear Aunt TUAW, How can I move books purchased at the Apple store from my library in my iPad to my drop box so I can share them with my friends? Your loving niece, Jacqueline Dear Jacqueline, You can't. Apple books use FairPlay DRM. Although this protection has been cracked by the Brahms Requiem ...

Apple to use Fairplay for iBooks DRM?

by Mike Schramm (Feb 17th, 2010)

FairPlay, you'll remember, is the oft-maligned (yet still much-used) DRM that locks down content on the iTunes Store, and rumor has it that Apple's bringing that code to a whole new media. The LA Times tech blog says that sources in the publishing industry are hearing that Apple will lock down the ...

Multiple iPhone household? Share your apps.

by Scott McNulty (Jul 25th, 2008)

Let me start this post off by pointing out that I am not a lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV. I have, however, been called for jury duty a few times, so I know my way around a courthouse. Melvin Rivera isn't a lawyer either, but he and his wife own two iPhones. Melvin knew that iPhone apps are ...

Apple and the future of DRM

by Mat Lu (May 18th, 2008)

Over at the Guardian there's an interesting article on How Apple is Changing DRM. While there's not a lot that's new here, it does usefully cover what has happened over the last few years with Digital Rights Management and how DRM has basically come to bite the record companies in the, um, keister. ...

TUAW Tip: Don't Torrent That Song...

by Erica Sadun (May 30th, 2007)

Sure, you can now download music from the iTunes store without DRM but that doesn't mean you should just willy nilly start sharing that music with your friends. For one thing, it's illegal. For another, your account information is embedded into that m4a music file. Don't believe me? Try this ...

iTunes 7.2 Gallery

by Erica Sadun (May 30th, 2007)

If you're stuck at work and can't get away to take a peek at the new iTunes 7.2 update, we've put together this handy gallery of screen shots showing you the new 7.2 features. In iTunes 7.2, you'll find a new link to iTunes Plus in the iTunes Quick Links. Select it and iTunes will prompt you to ...

iTunes Plus debuts DRM-free music

by Erica Sadun (May 30th, 2007)

At TUAW we've been following the DRM-free EMI track deal for some time. We're delighted to announce that these tracks will finally available for sale over at the iTunes Store later today (Apple announced they are available, but not in my copy of iTunes at the moment). DRM-free tracks will cost you ...

HOWTO: Another way to find EMI songs on your computer

by Erica Sadun (Apr 10th, 2007)

You might have read Dave's writeup of Mac OS X Hint's terminal tip for locating EMI songs using mdifind. I tried it out myself but I just couldn't get it to work. So I thought I'd give you a far easier way to accomplish the same thing. In Finder, select File -> Find (Command-F). Select "Other..." ...

Is a Microsoft/EMI deal on the horizon?

by Erica Sadun (Apr 5th, 2007)

Now that Apple has penned a deal to open up EMI songs, will Microsoft be next? The Times Online writes that Microsoft has hinted that it may follow the Apple model and sell EMI songs at Zune Marketplace without DRM. No deals are signed or announced yet, but an EMI spokesman said that negotiations ...

Sell on iTunes with TuneCore

by Erica Sadun (Apr 5th, 2007)

Have you ever considered selling your own music on iTunes? A service called TuneCore makes that possible. You pay a small charge to deliver your album to iTunes plus a yearly fee. If people start buying your tunes, you earn $0.70 per track. So let's say you create an album with 8 tracks. You pay ...

Poll Results: Updating your iTunes Music

by Dave Caolo (Apr 4th, 2007)

The results are in! When Apple announced that users will be able to upgrade some of their music to higher bitrate, DRM-free files for $0.30 each, we asked, will you be making the upgrade? Sixty four percent of the 3,951 readers who responded said, "Yes," and the remaining thirty six percent - 1,408 ...

TUAW Reader Feedback: DRM-free Fallout Predictions

by Erica Sadun (Apr 2nd, 2007)

The deal is signed. DRM is optional. iTunes is much less "crippled-by-design". So what will the EMI/Apple deal mean to iTunes in the long run? Here are my predictions. Feel free to chime in with your own in the comments. The 99-cent flat pricing model is dead. Once people get used to the ...

What those thirty cents buy you

by Erica Sadun (Apr 2nd, 2007)

Earlier today, Scott posted details of the new EMI upgrade pricing. It's going to cost you thirty cents to upgrade your music to the new higher-quality DRM-free tracks. So what do those thirty cents buy you? Here's a quick run down of the highlights. Music Quality. First and most obviously, you're ...

Starbucks launches record label

by Erica Sadun (Mar 13th, 2007)

Building on the success of its iTunes-based "Hear Music" page, Starbucks has decided to launch its own record label. Hear Music will sign its own artists, and sell its recordings through Starbucks stores and iTunes. According to the AP, Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment, says the ...

Recording music with popcatcher

by Erica Sadun (Mar 9th, 2007)

Cnet tracked down this fascinating Swedish gadget. The PopCatcher MD-601 allows you to capture ad-free music from over-the-air radio stations and save them as DRM-free MP3s. PopCatcher distinguishes music from speech and captures songs automatically from whichever station you've tuned to. It comes ...