Home Messages Index
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index

[News] DRM Fails Very Badly, Again

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Support Of Bigpond Music Wma Downloads & Drm Licence Keys To Be Discontinued

,----[ Quote ]
| This means you will no longer be able to 
| download replacement Digital Rights 
| Management (DRM) âunlockâ licence keys for 
| the WMA files youâve bought from us is in the 
| past â so you should back up your music and 
| DRM licence keys now.
| 
| Any MP3 files youâve downloaded from BigPond
| Music will not be affected. 
`----

http://bigpondmusic.com/WMA_support/?cid=30070-wma

How to get DRM-free PC games: Just wait

,----[ Quote ]
| Gamers have long known that patience is 
| rewarded with cheaper, less-buggy games. But 
| does that adage hold true for the inclusion 
| of digital rights management as well? Not 
| always, but history does show us that time 
| makes even the strictest of DRM less sucky.
`----

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20000506-248.html

DRM: Or temporary DRM

,----[ Quote ]
| I've always thought that in a copyright free 
| world (and de facto that is our online world 
| now - whatever they law may proclaim) DRM had 
| a role to play. Not the role of permanently 
| putting content under lock and key - that 
| isn't feasible. But it is possible to use DRM 
| on a short-term basis for new releases to 
| give some short-term monopoly power - and 
| this might provide some useful incentive for 
| creation, while being largely self-limiting. 
| By unlocking the content after a brief period 
| of initial sales the incentive to crack the 
| DRM is greatly reduced, while from a revenue 
| point of view, most of the money is from the 
| initial sales anyway. 
`----

http://www.againstmonopoly.org/index.php?perm=593056000000002678


Recent:

Ubisoftâs Uber DRM Cracked Within a Day

,----[ Quote ]
| Last month the gaming giant Ubisoft announced their new Ãber-DRM which
| requires customers to be continuously online in order to play purchased
| games. Of course, this DRM was circumvented in a few hours and while
| downplaying this blunder, Ubisoft fails to see that theyâve only increased piracy.
`----

http://torrentfreak.com/ubisofts-uber-drm-cracked-within-a-day-100304/


Audiobook DRM versus the patrons of the Cleveland Library

,----[ Quote ]
| This installment of the Brads webcomic shows the 22
| steps a reader has to take in order to borrow a DRM-crippled
| audiobook from the public library. A compelling argument for
| libraries to boycott this stuff.
`----

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/02/audiobook-drm-versus.html


The Brads â Why DRM Doesnât Work

http://www.bradcolbow.com/archive.php/?p=205


Ubisoft DRM Gets Worse And Worse: Kicks You Out Of Game If You Have A Flakey WiFi Connection

,----[ Quote ]
| Last month, we wrote a bit about Ubisoft's
| bizarre anti-consumer policy of using DRM on
| games that requires an internet connection
| to check in (even if you're just playing
| locally).
`----

http://techdirt.com/articles/20100218/1514238229.shtml
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkujRCYACgkQU4xAY3RXLo5+lwCeLfXviyTTljRIhIoEEuKG2w9k
s4gAoJrlQYylRGGCi9FECG4l/5i4kpPi
=Qgku
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]
Author IndexDate IndexThread Index