CD copying OK, DRM circumvention not OK
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| Circumventing DRM to make copies for personal use will remain illegal for
| consumers, under copyright reform proposals floated by the UK government
| today....Copyright law should also recognise that consumers can legitimately
| make copies of copyright material they've already bought, the government
| proposes.
|
| Speaking at the launch today, Lord Triesman said it made no sense to prevent
| someone making a playlist for use in the car from material they had
| legitimately purchased.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/08/copyright_reform/
And there's this one from last week:
Vista DRM blocking legal video downloads
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| Windows Vista's increased anti-copying protection is already leading some
| customers of movie services to find themselves locked out of content they
| have legal rights to watch, users are reporting today.
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http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/01/04/vista.drm.and.netflix/
Related:
http://www.cypherpunks.to/~peter/vista.pdf
HD Monitor Causes DRM Issues with Netflix
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| When I called them they confirmed my worst fears. In order to access the
| Watch Now service, I had to give Microsoft's DRM sniffing program access to
| all of the files on my hard drive. If the software found any non-Netflix
| video files, it would revoke my rights to the content and invalidate the DRM.
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http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/01/03/2339248&from=rss
Plug a Windows XP Copy Protection Hole
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| Microsoft reports "limited" attacks on Windows XP systems via an unexpected
| path exploiting a security hole in a copy protection program that comes with
| XP. (Windows Vista is not at risk.)
|
| The program that attackers are leveraging is Macrovision's SafeDisc,
| optical-disc copy prevention software for Windows applications and games. The
| flaw is located in a system driver file called secdrv.sys. Microsoft
| immediately issued a Security Advisory.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,140862/article.html
Microsoft: We Like DRM
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| Steve Jobs wants the music business to drop restrictions for digital
| tunes. But Microsoft, which began competing head to head with Apple
| in the digital music business last fall, is happy with the way things
| are, says media exec Robbie Bach.
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http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/08/zune-drm-itunes-tech-media-cx_df_0208bach.html?partner=yahootix
http://tinyurl.com/2lrz3y
Microsoft Tells Apple To Stop Complaining About DRM
http://www.podcastingnews.com/2007/04/13/microsoft-apple-drm/
Golden Rant : Microsoft DRM's gone too far
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| Microsoft appears to have hit the wrong button on its critical
| Windows XP download service late last month, pretty well forcing
| every XP user to upgrade to Windows Media Player (WiMP) 11 if
| they (like me and many others) have the automatic download/install
| option enabled for critical updates.
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http://securityblog.itproportal.com/?p=712
The Longest Suicide Note in History
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| Gutmann: The genie's out of the bottle before the operating system has even
| been released! But that doesn't mean Vista users in particular - and
| the computer community at large - won't end up paying for Microsoft's
| DRM folly. At the risk of repeating myself repeating myself, yet
| another reason to move to Linux.
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http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz/pcworld/tux-love/2007/01/the_longest_suicide_note_in_hi.html
Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside
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| The root of this crappy DRM infection is Microsoft. It is the driving
| force here. This has nothing to do with protecting content, as we
| keep pointing out, there has never been a single thing that has had
| a DRM infection applied that didn't end up cracked on the net in
| hours. DRM is about walled gardens and control.
|
| He who controls the DRM infection controls the market. DRM is
| about preventing you from doing anything with the devices
| without paying the gatekeeper a fee. This is what MS wants,
| nothing less than a slice of everything watched, listened to
| or discussed from now on. DRM prevents others from playing
| there, thanks to the DMCA and other anti-consumer laws.
|
| Make no mistake, MS is pushing the DRM malware as hard as
| it can so it can rake in money hand over fist with no
| competition. It is really good at lock-in, in fact, the firm
| based its entire business model on harming the user so they
| have to comply and spend more.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=38926
DRM in Windows Vista
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| Windows Vista includes an array of "features" that you don't want.
| These features will make your computer less reliable and less secure.
| They'll make your computer less stable and run slower. They will
| cause technical support problems. They may even require you to
| upgrade some of your peripheral hardware and existing software.
| And these features won't do anything useful. In fact, they're
| working against you. They're digital rights management (DRM)
| features built into Vista at the behest of the entertainment
| industry.
|
| And you don't get to refuse them.
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http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/02/drm_in_windows.html
Macrovision update plugs zero-day DRM exploit
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| The flaw, though Symantec wasn't specific on this, involves a privilege
| elevation bug in Macrovision secdrv.sys driver that comes bundled with
| Windows XP and 2003 (though not Windows Vista).
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/11/06/macrovision_drm_update/
DRM – a big win for Microsoft
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| Recently I came to conclusion that Microsoft is the company, which profits
| most from the Digital Rights Management.
| I don't know the numbers, but I guess that DRM is little or no success for
| the recording industry. To say it stopped pirating films and music would be a
| joke.
| Microsoft people must have known that the protection would be broken very
| soon. So why they are implementing it after all?
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http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/2/32809
Action alert: Don't let the EU sanction DRM
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| Yesterday, Viviane Reding, European Union commissioner for information
| society and media, issued a report sanctioning a "transparent" DRM framework
| for the EU. This irresponsible and senseless report comes just a day before
| Sony BMG announced that they would join Warner Music Group, EMI, and
| Vivendi's Universal Music Group in selling DRM-free music downloads in the
| United States.
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http://www.defectivebydesign.org/Do_Not_Sanction_DRM
EU seeks single market for online services
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| The European Commission will make proposals by mid-2008 aimed at creating a
| single European market in the burgeoning sector of online music, films, and
| games, it said on Thursday.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6224553.html
DRM Officially Dead: Last Major Label Sony BMG Plans to Finally Drop DRM
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| It's over. The last major label to hold out on selling DRM-free MP3s, Sony
| BMG, is "finalizing plans" to sell music not locked down with DRM. It'll be
| available sometime in the first quarter, apparently in time to get in on
| Amazon and Pepsi's 1 billion song giveaway, which now looks like it'll have
| tracks from every major label. So, how'd we get here?
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http://gizmodo.com/340598/drm-officially-dead-last-major-label-sony-bmg-plans-to-finally-drop-drm
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