Digital Rights Management sucks…except for the alternative

Is it possible for both sides—content producers and consumers—to lose the DRM war? Because they both deserve to.
The content producers—record labels, especially—make it so hard not to hate them. Digital distribution is exposing the fact that they add almost no value to the music publishing process they’ve been shepherding for the past fifty years. But [...]

Antitrust

From the New York Times:
The planned $13 billion merger of the nation’s two satellite radio services, Sirius and XM, is sure to raise antitrust issues.
Yes, if you’re a fool. The idea that these joined companies don’t face massive competition from the panoply of audio alternatives already on the market is ridiculous. Testament to that is [...]