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- Content Protection madness on Vista
- Content Protection madness on VistaBlu-Ray Deserves To FailI agree and am with you 100%. DRM will go away when consumers vote with their wallets. We have already seen some of this with the music industry.Blu-Ray/Sony = EPIC FAILBlu-Ray can kiss my DVD-Loving butt :)I would love to see...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Digital media, Consumer electronics, digital-rights management, Content Protection, Microsoft Windows Vista, HDCP, mplayer, DVD, DRM IS
- Discussion threads 2008-05-14
- Major League Baseball makes news as latest DRM trainwreck
- Major League Baseball makes news as latest DRM trainwreckI've been sayin it for years...Content tied to online activations is going to bite consumers in the ass, and unless there is legislature to protect consumers (which surely won't come from the current anti-consumer administration)it's going to be a rough road ahead.It...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, MLB, government
- Discussion threads 2007-11-08
- "Baked-in" DRM - Yet another reason for people to hate Microsoft
- Newsflash â€" There’s a growing segment of computer users that hate Microsoft. “Baked-in†DRM is giving more users a reason to hate Microsoft. Over the weekend I spent some time catching up on the great Gutmann Vista DRM debate (in the red corner we have Peter...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash Video
- A YouTube Competitor in Silverlight and 1080p Flash VideoHow is DRM important for consumers?Since this is a blog post about video, I'll assume you are referring to DRM and video files. How exactly is DRM more important? It's a nuisance at best, and more often than not it inhibits people...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Video Platform, 1080p, Microsoft Silverlight, YouTube Inc., digital-rights management, DRM IS, content creator
- Discussion threads 2007-06-12
- Frustrated consumers forced into piracy
- Frustrated consumers forced into piracyNo DRM=No Friction=Happy CustomerAnd let's not also forget that Yahoo is experimenting with selling DRM-free music with two labels. And Magnatune is also worth mentioning, as well.This is why DRM will always failFor DRM to be truly effective, it has to be really strict, and that...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, DRM IS
- Discussion threads 2006-10-17
- Doctorow: HDTV is a Trojan Horse. DRM is the payload
- Doctorow: HDTV is a Trojan Horse. DRM is the payloadI believe it's referred to ..as dinosaurs mating.Funny how, wherever these big dinosaurs are (entertainment, telecom), there are regulations and laws nearby to prolong the death.dbTraditional media ...... is just a bunch of control freaks fighting against the inevitable.The best...
- Tags: digital-rights management, Doctorow, DRM IS, HDTV, regulation, trojan horse
- Discussion threads 2006-09-26
- DRM and the myth of the 'analog hole'
- DRM and the myth of the 'analog hole'"Simple" solutionIf movie and music people want to insist that they're selling "access" to the music on the CD or DVD then they should replace all damaged CD's and DVD's for free/cost. If they refuse to do that then they should have...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, digital-rights management, DRM IS, Apple iTunes
- Discussion threads 2006-03-28
- A reminder that DRM is for text too
- A reminder that DRM is for text tooNewsfeedsThis desire to apply digital restrictions management to text does not stop at books.I have seen at least two concerted efforts to apply DRM to text news feeds.What kind of idiotwould PAY for a DRM company? Hmm, what kind of idiot would CREATE...
- Tags: digital-rights management, DRM IS, EDUCATION/KNOWLEDGE, RIAA
- Discussion threads 2006-01-12
- Are we heading for a serious identity crisis?
- If you've been following our series on Digital Restrictions Management DRM [sic], then you know that DRM is wall-building material when it comes to turning the Internet into a bunch of segregated nets or "walled-gardens." Apple has its walled garden consisting of the iTunes Music Store (as a source...
- Tags: Apple iTunes, Digital Restrictions Management, digital-rights management, DRM IS
- Blog posts 2006-01-09
- Microsoft and Yahoo further deepen ties
- Microsoft and Yahoo further deepen tiesNot What it SeemsWe've been told that DRM is needed to "protect content". This is not the case. DRM is being used to take an otherwise widely portable format (mp3) and use DRM to lock the music to specific players and services.DRM is just another...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Sony DRM, digital-rights management, DRM IS, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-31
- Is open DRM possible, or even desirable?
- Is open DRM possible, or even desirable?DRM is inevitable ...but I don't think that necessarily means it will be successful. As far as the term 'open' goes, I think it is very clear in the minds of most that DRM is the antithesis of open. The two won't...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, DRM IS, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2005-08-23
- Microsoft fixes potential antipiracy hole
- Microsoft fixes potential antipiracy holeNot that Iagree with the whole fargin DRM thing, but I suppose good start to Microsoft. Now can they be consistant and do the same for their OS?"No DRM is perfect"I nominate that for understatement of the year, so far.Of course it's not perfect, it's theoretically...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, antipiracy, digital-rights management, DRM IS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-02-16
- Digital rights market to boom, study says
- Digital rights market to boom, study saysCompromised data caused by what?"The major causes of compromised data are virus infections, the unintended forwarding of e-mails, and loss of mobile devices such as PDAs and cell phones. E-mail piracy and password breaches are also high on the list. "Notice no claim that...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, digital-rights management, music, software, DRM IS
- Discussion threads 2004-07-01
- Microsoft, Time Warner take DRM stake
- Microsoft, Time Warner take DRM stakeDo You Really Need Acomment here . 'Content Guard,as well as the present day DRM is cohesively flawed. On two basic parts. A.The environment of wich the digital works reside. B. The premise of wich DRM is suppose to operate._________ For A. .. it...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Microsoft Corp., Time Warner Inc., digital-rights management, DRM IS, performance
- Discussion threads 2004-04-05
Additional Resources
- Salling Media Sync 1.1.4 (Mac)
- Salling Media Sync synchronizes playlists, music, and podcasts from iTunes onto your mobile phone. It's free to use, but when registered it intelligently updates your phone, which is much faster. The application couldn't be easier to use. Once the phone is connected to a USB port, simply select the playlists...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Phone, Media, Apple iTunes, Salling Software AB, Salling Media Sync, Podcasts, Digital Music, Digital Media, Internet, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics
- Software downloads 2009-11-06
- House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites
- Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Wondershare Music Converter 1.2 (Windows)
- Wondershare DRM Music Converter, which focuses on DRM protected music, can remove DRM from protected music as WMA, WAV, M4A, M4B, etc; furthermore, it also performs as a powerful DRM music converter which can convert DRM music into unprotected WMA, WAV, M4A, MKA, AAC, AC3, OGG, APE, and can also...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Windows, Music, Wondershare Software, Music Converter, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2009-11-04
- Intel investigating Windows 7 iPhone sync flaw
- Ditched Intel Long Ago...AMD is superior.So let me get this straightSo how is it the chipset can sync to every device but the iPhone? Or are there other devices? What makes the iPhone different?Just a guessI just wonder if the iTunes DRM is involved in this problem, using...
- Tags: Chipsets, Smart phones, Digital media, Microsoft Windows, Apple iPhone, Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Tags: Sales channel, E-books, NDA, Barnes & Noble Inc., B&N, credit card, patent, Nook, password
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Headline 2010: e-Reader device failure
- There might be some bargains to be had in the wreckage ntntDoesn't change the fact the wreck's comingjust a matter of keeping perspective. The way of all new marketsThis is the way of all new markets. It happened with fiber optics, the dot.coms, MP3 players, smart phones, and it...
- Tags: Digital music, E-books, Digital media, e-reader, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-02
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