...mention of the broadcast flag suggests that at least someone has been paying attention to the music industry's DRM experience. It's actually fairly easy to track the history of the broadcast flag merely by performing a s...
...thors and small publishing houses this option is a first step in the right direction. For O'Reilly, publishing DRM-free e-book has turned out to be an advantage . Hopefully, other publishing houses will also realize that...
...f in comments below. [Thanks, James] Filed under: Gaming , Handhelds , Software PSP Go Rewards program hitting DRM-laced brick wall originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 21:50:00 EST. Please see our terms f...
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...the first empirical study of its kind in the UK, by Cambridge law professor Patricia Akester, it's the former. DRM is so rage-inducing, even to ordinary, legal users of content, that it can even drive the blind to downlo...
...DRM watchers are sounding the alarm about a proposal to bring what they fear amounts to a "broadcast flag" to the UK's over-the-air digital Freeview television service. "In an attempt to satisfy the fears of powerful ri...
...hes, we are starting to hear more details about what's coming from Apple, and when. A look at Apple's love for DRM and consumer lock-ins : Apple makes great products—you'll get no argument from us. But Apple also likes k...
... a "platform for protect, point, and pay." That's a lot of "p"-prefaced jargon, but it boils down to a sort of DRM for news—"enforcement," in AP-speak. But how could that possibly work?...
...ple understand why rightsholders want some limits on copying, but they can't abide the electronic tethers that DRM currently requires. They don't want to be told what to do and who to share their content with; what they ...
... on the inside, or what? [Thanks, GreeKNastY] Filed under: Cellphones , Software Dev finds Windows Marketplace DRM severely lacking, easily circumventable originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:36:00 EST....