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Yahoo on DRM
Yahoo music executive David Goldberg on DRM and music : "The notion that a track I buy in DRM is protected and one without DRM isn't is a fallacy," Goldberg says. "It's all nonsense. Music is never going to be protected, and anybody who tells you that is not being […]
Two From Yahoo
While much of the tech world's attention is focused on RIM (with the judge reserving his decision this afternoon), there are two Yahoo stories worth noting. First, add Yahoo to the list of companies that are coming out against DRM. Yahoo Music chief Dave Goldberg raised eyebrows Thursday at the […]
The Slippery Slope of Two-Tier Email
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, BBC Version, webpage version) examines America Online and Yahoo!’ s recent announcement of a new fee-based system for commercial email. I argue that certified email will do little to address spam and may not attract a large client base. Rather, its more significant impact lies in the fact that it is yet another step toward the two-tiered Internet that will ultimately shift new costs to consumers.
Two-Tier Email
The NY Times reports that AOL and Yahoo! plan to implement a new email certification program that will ultimately force commercial emailers to pay a fraction of a cent per email to deliver their emails. The program, discussed throughout the week in the trade press (here, here and here) envisions […]