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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
- Macsome iTunes Converter 1.3.0 (Mac)
- Macsome iTunes Converter can easily convert DRM protected music and various audio files to unprotected MP3, AAC formats playable on any iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, Zune, PSP, Creative Zen and other MP3 players at high speed and CD quality. It is a powerful, yet simple audio conversion tool to bypass...
- Tags: Audio, Apple Macintosh, MP3, Apple iTunes, Converter, Macsome, Macsome iTunes Converter, Digital Music, Digital Media, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Security
- Software downloads 2009-11-26
- Sorry Kindle owners, the new firmware still doesn't support local public libraries
- Library DRM'ed contentThat is one of the few circumstances where DRM actually makes sense, legally as well as traditionally/historically. Maybe the publishing industry should compete with libraries in this regard - DRM'ed content for dirt cheap, valid for a couple of weeks. On top of that they should offer non-DRM'ed,...
- Tags: E-books, firmware, e-book, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Sorry Kindle owners, the new firmware still doesn't support local public libraries
- A few months ago I wrote about the fact that the Amazon Kindle did not support local public library offerings through Overdrive while the Sony Reader did. Since then we have seen the Barnes & Noble Nook and other ebook readers appear that all support local public library content. Local...
- Tags: Firmware, Amazon Kindle, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2009-11-25
- Does Amazon know where it's going with the Kindle?
- Amazon, please ignore AdrianNormally I'm right with Adrian, but he obviously doesn't have a Kindle, which is my favorite device. To Amazon: don't add battery sucking features (like wi-fi), we don't care about multi-purpose (it's a bookreader!), i don't want cr@apps on my Kindle (it's a bookreader!) and I don't...
- Tags: Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-25
- Can (and will) Microsoft keep Silverlight compatible across platforms?
- The better question is WHEN will it be better for Microsoft to keep it compatible across platforms, and WHEN or under what conditions might it not be better for MS to NOT keep it compatible across platforms.In other works, it is NOT a question of IF, but, at WHAT TIMES...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web site development, Operating systems, .NET, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-11-24
- Office Starter 2010: The fine print on Microsoft's Works replacement
- For me, non-starterA crippled, incompatible, ad supported product makes little sense to me, when Open Office and Google are alternatives.ExactlyThere's already a portable version of OpenOffice that runs on a USB stick - nothing new here.The excluded formats are used in only about 1% of documentsIt is well-known that macros...
- Tags: Starter, Microsoft Works, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Office Starter
- Discussion threads 2009-11-23
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