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Major League Baseball makes news as latest DRM trainwreckPosted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on Nov 8, 2007 9:44 AM
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In another story that will go down in history as one of the more severe Digtal Rights Management trainwrecks (and a shining example of why DRM will ultimately do a...[Read the rest]

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Radiohead's DRM experiment
Numbers are rolling in from Radiohead's experimental approach to digital music sales, and at first glance, they might appear to be a repudiation of the model. That approach, of course,... [Read the rest]
Posted by John Carroll in A Developer's View on: Nov 7, 2007 8:17 AM
Radiohead and the search for content business models
The real problem here, I think, is that we have been relying upon artists to innovate new business models. Artists don't want to do business models. [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Nov 6, 2007 8:28 AM
Macrovision plugs gaping hole in DRM software
Macrovision has shipped a fix for a gaping hole in its SafeDisc (secdrv.sys) copy protection software, belatedly blocking an in-the-wild malware attack. [Read the rest]
Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Nov 5, 2007 5:24 PM
Macrovision patches patch-delivery tool, leaves DRM zero-day wide open
Macrovision today released a patch for a very severe vulnerability in the FLEXnet Connect (InstallShield) patch-delivery offering but there's still no word on a fix for a zero-day attack vector... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Oct 31, 2007 1:36 PM
Blu-ray BD+ copy protection defeated?
Has the Blu-ray BD+ copy protection mechanism been defeated? This press release by SlySoft seems to indicate that it has: AnyDVD goes AACS MKBv4 SlySoft was recently honoured by AACS-LA,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Oct 30, 2007 4:08 PM
Microsoft blocks FairUse4WM v2 after 3 months of DRM free music
Just over a year ago when hacker “Viodentia" wrote FairUse4WM and broke Microsoft's Windows Media DRM scheme wide open, Microsoft responded with record urgency in a mere 3 days. But... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Oct 27, 2007 7:51 PM
The RIAA versus us: a file-sharing standoff
After reading through hundreds of comments to last week's digital media ethics poll, I've come to the realization that my readers are much more rational and reasonable than the entertainment... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Oct 19, 2007 8:25 AM
When is it OK to copy digital media?
The response to the digital media ethics poll I posted earlier this week has been overwhelming. Based on these results, thne RIAA and its allies are clearly losing the battle... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Oct 12, 2007 4:43 PM
Where do you stand on digital media ethics?
Help me wrestle with some ethical questions related to digital media. We can all agree that it's easy to make perfect copies of digital media, and that there's no such... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Oct 9, 2007 11:02 AM
Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)
Windows Vista includes a new set of features that allow playback software to work with protected media, especially high-definition content. This DRM infrastructure is bitterly controversial, and it's given rise... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Sep 18, 2007 10:44 AM
Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 1)
Self-described "professional paranoid" Peter Gutmann of the University of Auckland has become the most widely quoted source of information on DRM and content protection in Windows Vista. The trouble is,... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Sep 16, 2007 4:29 PM
Microsoft awarded patent for watermarking form of DRM. But can it really work?
According to InfoWorld: Microsoft has won a patent for a digital-watermarking technology that could be used to protect the rights of content owners even when digital music is distributed without... [Read the rest]
Posted by David Berlind in Berlind's Testbed on: Sep 11, 2007 6:24 PM
More on HD, DRM, and CPU usage
I've been reporting my experiences with Windows Vista and playback of HD DVD and Blu-ray discs. Several commenters have expressed skepticism over my contention that Windows Vista's DRM didn't come... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Sep 8, 2007 3:53 PM
A Blu-ray / HD DVD update
I have a stack of shiny high-def discs, a Windows Vista PC, and a new combo drive that plays both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats. Here's how I went from... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ed Bott in Ed Bott's Microsoft Report on: Sep 6, 2007 3:13 PM
Gutmann Vista DRM paper uses shoddy Web Forums as source
Computer scientist Peter Gutmann made a name for himself when he published his paper “A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista Content Protection” and got worldwide attention for outlining some serious... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Sep 1, 2007 6:14 PM
Can Microsoft ever stop kernel tampering in Vista?
I was just going through the slides from Joanna Rutkowska's Black Hat talk (127-page .ppt file) and discovered that there's another unpatched driver flaw that exposes Windows Vista to kernel... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ryan Naraine in Zero Day on: Aug 21, 2007 1:21 PM
Wal-Mart hops on anti-DRM bandwagon
Wal-Mart is going DRM free too. Wal-Mart said in a statement that it will offer DRM-free music for 94 cents a track from record labels such as Universal and EMI... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Aug 21, 2007 5:33 AM
Flash and DRM
Andy Plesser, who has been on a tear lately, has an interview up with Chris Hock on Adobe's digital media team about Flash and DRM. DRM is something that I... [Read the rest]
Posted by Ryan Stewart in The Universal Desktop on: Aug 20, 2007 7:35 AM
Why watermarking is a bigger devil than DRM
There's been much news lately about the record industry getting ready to give up on DRM. DRM (Digital Rights Management or some call it Digital Restrictions Management) is a form... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Aug 20, 2007 2:20 AM
"Baked-in" DRM - Yet another reason for people to hate Microsoft
Newsflash – There’s a growing segment of computer users that hate Microsoft. “Baked-in” DRM is giving more users a reason to hate Microsoft. [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Aug 20, 2007 2:05 AM
Claim that Vista DRM causes full CPU load and global warming debunked!
Update 9/1/2007 - Gutmann paper cites shoddy web forum postings as source Update 8/30/2007 - Peter Gutmann turns to smear tactics with help from PCWorld NZ Update 8/16/2007 - Gutmann... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Aug 13, 2007 5:25 AM
DRM: The hearse is right on schedule
Universal Music Group on Friday said that it will sell "thousands of its albums and tracks" without DRM for a limited time. Universal said in a statement that its... [Read the rest]
Posted by Larry Dignan in Between the Lines on: Aug 10, 2007 8:58 AM
FairUse4WM breaks Microsoft DRM again
A hacker "Divine Tao" has released a newer version of FairUse4WM that appears to have ripped Windows Media DRM wide open. It is interesting to note that "Divine Tao" is... [Read the rest]
Posted by George Ou in Real World IT on: Jul 17, 2007 5:00 AM
DRM and open source are the great divide
Rather than asking whether DRM is moral, legal, good or bad, what if we could find a DRM-free business model which spun money for content producers at least as well... [Read the rest]
Posted by Dana Blankenhorn in Linux and Open Source on: Jul 16, 2007 10:43 AM
Fair Use
According to an article over on Ars Technica, today is the 3rd annual Fair Use Day. On the project website for the event, advocates celebrated EMI's dropping of DRM from... [Read the rest]
Posted by John Carroll in A Developer's View on: Jul 11, 2007 10:21 AM
The iPhone might never be free of AT&T
I've been taking a look around the web at the efforts by hackers to free the iPhone from the AT&T shackles so that it could be used as an iPod... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jul 5, 2007 5:16 AM
The battle for the living room platform
Nintendo announced yesterday WiiWare, a program which will enable developers to create games that can be downloaded to the Wii console. Such games can be sold through the Wii Shop... [Read the rest]
Posted by John Carroll in A Developer's View on: Jun 28, 2007 9:58 AM
Is EMI the chink in the RIAA armor?
Does anyone really believe the RIAA when they tell us that 'the sky is falling' from rampant piracy? Just last year, the recording industry, was trying to strong-arm Apple into... [Read the rest]
Posted by Marc Wagner in ZDNet Education on: Jun 4, 2007 10:17 PM
iTunes Plus - Getting more than you bargained for!
Following article on Wired and The Unofficial Apple Weblog, debate is raging as to whether it is right that Apple incorporates user’s iTunes user name into tracks (specifically, the DRM-free... [Read the rest]
Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes in Hardware 2.0 on: Jun 4, 2007 8:53 AM
iTunes Plus tracks contain user info
People that were hoping to be able to freely trade iTunes' new DRM-free tracks from EMI will be in for a surprise – the tracks are embedded with your iTunes... [Read the rest]
Posted by Jason D. O'Grady in The Apple Core on: Jun 4, 2007 5:50 AM
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