DRM

Live365, MTV, Pandora, Real/Rhaposdy, Yahoo and many others participated in the Day of Silence to protest the impending royalty rate increase.
Many webcasters shut off their streams entirely or introduced long periods of silence, static, or other sounds with public service announcements on about the campaign.
The big question remains, did any of this accomplish […]

Ars Technica is commenting on a report that a lawyer for NBC/Universal said the US wastes too much resources and money fighting other crimes and not nearly enough, in his mind, fighting piracy.
NBC/Universal general counsel Rick Cotton suggests that society wastes entirely too much money policing crimes like burglary, fraud, and bank-robbing, when […]

The LA Times is reporting that AT&T will be the first major Internet provider that will develop anti piracy technology to target individuals downloading and sharing music and movies.
It’s probable that AT&T has caved to the movie and record lobbies in order to receive a favorable deals so they can offer movies, TV shows […]

Bob Zitter, HBO’s Chief Technology Officer, wants to rename DRM, “DCE” or “Digital Consumer Enablement” in order to trick consumers into thinking it’s not quite as nasty.
At National Cable & Telecommunications Association show in Las Vegas, Zitter said:
Digital Consumer Enablement, would more accurately describe technology that allows consumers “to use content in ways they haven’t […]

Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University has created this fair use film that explains copyright principals through the use of parody of Disney film clips.

Very entertaining and funny if you stick through to watch the whole video.
[A Fair(y) Use Tale]

Tags: disney, copyright, copyright law, copyright laws, copyright protection, copyrights, digital rights management, drm, intellectual property, […]

The leading music retailers are finally catching on that consumers are sick of DRM. The good news about this, is they’re letting the record companies know that this model isn’t working and with any luck will be able to force them into dropping DRM from the music.
Following its landmark deal with EMI this month to […]

Can Microsoft be trusted with your computer’s security especially when the can’t even get activation right.
Tom Raftery thought he’d test Windows Live OneCare to write a review of it but it so buggy and poorly executed he couldn’t even install the “POS.”
Raftery ran into problems trying to activate OneCare from the trial to a […]

Security Researcher Alex Lonescu has found a way to bypass Microsoft Vista’s Protected Processes. This can allow users to disable DRM but it also can allow virus authors to create more dangerous malware that is even harder to detect and remove.
Malware authors can use this bypass to protect any process they want, including viruses, keyloggers, […]

TechCrunch is reporting EMI CEO Eric Nicoli and Apple CEO Steve Jobs have announced that the two companies are now offering EMI’s music catalog DRM-free on iTunes.
EMI will offer all songs from its digital catalog without DRM. Testing earlier this year suggested people prefer non-DRM to DRM tracks 10:1. iTunes is first partner.
These songs will […]

Backing up your music directly from your iPod is less than the ideal way to get a copy of all your music but sometimes you just don’t have a choice.
The following applications can copy your music off your iPod and properly name the files.

CopyPod for Windows

iPod Access for Windows

iPod Access for Mac […]

It’s no surprise, the RIAA is opposing the Fair Use Bill that was Introduced In Congress.
According to a statement posted on the RIAA’s web site, the bill would “allow electronics companies to induce others to break the law for their own profit.” They also claim, “the difference between hacking done for non-infringing purposes and […]

Representatives Rich Boucher (D-Va.) and John Dolittle (R-Calif.) introduced the “Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship” Act to Congress. The bill dubbed, The Fair Use Act, should make it easier and legal for consumers to copy content for their own personal use, if passed and signed into law.
“The fair use doctrine is threatened today as […]

With a few tools, some free time to spare, and steady nerves you could replace a broken LCD screen on your notebook. But, keep in mind that doing so would certainly void your warranty.
Replacement screens only cost a few hundred dollars and these directions don’t seem to difficult to follow. It might be worth giving […]

Alright, we’ve been following the RIAA’s increasingly frequent affronts to privacy and free speech lately, and it’s about time we stopped merely bitching and moaning and did something about it. The RIAA has the power to shift public policy and to alter the direction of technology and the Internet for one reason and one reason […]

From the, ‘he still doesn’t get it department,’ and the ‘how to alienate your paying customers,’ department:
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, is saying that Microsoft may “dial up” the anti-piracy technology in Windows Vista.
“One way Microsoft can bump up Windows sales is to tighten the screws on pirates,” reports ARN. “Piracy reduction can be a […]

A few weeks ago Steve Jobs said he Would Like To Sell Music Without DRM. Macrovision posted a response letter today titled, To Steve Jobs and the Digital Entertainment Industry
I believe that most piracy occurs because the technology available today has not yet been widely deployed to make DRM-protected legitimate content as easily accessible and […]

In a surprising post on Apple’s web site Apple CEO Steve Jobs speaks about DRM and the current state of music industry and why DRM just isn’t working! Jobs talked about the three different models online music distribution could use:

Things could stay as they are where each online store uses different, and incompatible, […]

Bill Thompson of the BCC World is saying that Microsoft Windows Vista may be a threat to Internet Freedom. He makes a compelling argument against the DRM technology, especially that is found in Vista, as it is eroding freedoms that most computer users already take for granted.
Microsoft’s Vista will be used in millions of […]