Epic Sues Apple and Google After Fortnite Gets Kicked Out of App Store Drew Wilson | August 14, 2020 Apple and Google has kicked Fortnite off of its app store. In response, Fortnite maker Epic has filed a lawsuit arguing anti-competitive behavior.
Ubisoft Sues Google, Apple Over Game It Alleges Is Similar to Theirs Drew Wilson | May 19, 2020 Ubisoft has filed a lawsuit against Google and Apple. The accusation is that Google is offering access to a game Ubisoft says is similar to their game.
Aptoide Suffers Data Breach: Up to 39 Million Accounts Compromised Drew Wilson | April 20, 2020 Alternative app store Aptoide has suffered from a data breach. 20 million accounts have been posted out of a claimed 39 million account batch.
Music Industry’s Traditional Distribution Described As a Crisis Drew Wilson | February 13, 2020 You’d think that getting copies of legal music to stores is something the music industry does well. These days, apparently, not so much.
Microsoft Shutters Its e-Book Store, Locks Everyone Out of Their Books Drew Wilson | July 11, 2019 DRM has struck again. This time, everything everyone bought at Microsoft’s e-book store is going to be lost forever thanks to DRM.
Nokia Thinks a DRM Based Online Music Business Model Will Work Drew Wilson | October 7, 2008 In light of major music stores selling DRM encoded music collapsing, Nokia apparently thinks that they can somehow reverse the trend and make a successful business model out of it.
Another DRM Music Store Scheme Bites the Dust – Wal-Mart Shuts Off DRMed Music Drew Wilson | September 30, 2008 Sometimes, it’s just plain difficult to be an honest customer these days. This was proven again with the shut down of Wal-Mart’s DRM music server.
Napster 2.0 Could Be Put on the Auction Block Drew Wilson | August 31, 2008 You’d think that with the passage of the Higher Education Act, which forces colleges and universities in the United States to block P2P and promote authorized music stores, that companies like Napster would have it made – obviously, that’s not the case.
