Aug 19, 2007 | DRM, video, Vista
Vista’s implementation of copyright protection for video does its job quietly and effectively. Early claims to the contrary are being debunked.Let’s be clear. Copyright-protection schemes – “DRM” – are intrusive and unforgivable....
Mar 14, 2007 | DRM, file_sharing
If you are downloading music with file sharing programs, the RIAA believes you are a thief and a pirate and you should go to a federal prison.That’s been true for a long time. Many people – roughly, the entire population of the world – have decided...
Feb 15, 2007 | DRM, video
High definition DVDs have always had two, and only two, purposes: to impose significant new barriers to your free use of the content on them by adding new layers of DRM; and to try to create an incentive for you to replace your DVDs.The entertainment industry...
Feb 7, 2007 | Apple, audio, DRM, video
WalMart announced a movie download service with the obligatory noncritical media coverage, focused on how darned exciting it is that all of the major studios have signed up to supply a few titles. The details were glossed over – namely that the downloads are...
Jan 4, 2007 | Apple, audio, DRM
Microsoft will take some well-deserved heat for letting copy protection drive it to make bad decisions for technology and consumers, but Apple has also played an unappealing role in the world of copy protection. An antitrust suit against Apple has just been given the...
