Universal Music Will Sell Songs Without Copy Protection [NYT]
Universal Music has decided to sell some music without the digital rights protection used in the past. If this trial succeeds, they will sell DRM-free music on iTunes permanently, like rival EMI.
NBC’s Second Answer To YouTube: More Ads (But At Least It Has A Name) [TechCrunch]
NBC plans to launch a video site next year that will be an archive of new and vintage ads. But NBC isn’t being all that innovative: Veryfunnyads and Clipland have being doing this for a while. Besides, isn’t Skittles’ Little Lad already on YouTube?
Facebook pages concern parents of college freshmen [USAToday]
You can’t judge a person by their Facebook profile, can you? Parents are calling colleges to complain about their kid’s future roommates, griping about everything from party pictures to sexual orientation.
Can ‘High School Musical’ do it again? [USAToday]
Just one more week until the premiere of High School Musical 2 and clips of it released online are already getting a lot of attention. But will it just be another Grease 2?
Is This Man Cheating on His Wife? [WSJ]
Does it count as polygamy when one of your wives is virtual? Women are flocking to support groups like “Everquest Widows” because their husbands are addicted to Second Life and have “second wives.” They are concerned with good reason: 40% of men and 53% of women that participate in virtual worlds say that their virtual relationships are equal to or better than their real life ones.
FTC Releases Names of Subpoenaed Food Marketers [B&C]
As the child obesity debate roars on, the FTC has released the names of 44 companies like Burger King and Kellogg that will have to hand over information for a 3-year study on how they market food and beverages to children.
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