Tag Archives: drm

Introducing the Kindle Gutenberg Bookreader

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

The end-user license agreement is up at McSweeney’s: Congratulations on purchasing the newest iteration of our electronic readers, the Kindle Genius Browser. We have made this new device compatible with all previous versions of the e-book, but there are some … Continue reading →

The Banality of Fail

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Rob Beschizza

If a broadcast flag is not implemented and enforced by Summer 2003, Viacom’s CBS Television Network will not provide any programming in high definition for the 2003-2004 television season.

We found the chip inside the new iPod headphones…but is it DRM? (Update: It is not!)

Posted on March 14, 2009 by Joel Johnson and Rob Beschizza

You’d never guess it was there: a tiny chip, barely a millimeter square, hidden inside the headphone module on the third-gen iPod shuffle. Continue reading →

Help Kym crack the obsolete DRM on her ebooks

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Rob Beschizza

BBG reader Kym paid legitimately for her e-books, but now the e-books don’t work because the DRM behind them is dead. I refuse to buy another darn ebook until I have unfettered access to the thing and as an engineer … Continue reading →

Apple patents SmartGarment DRM for clothing

Posted on September 16, 2008 by John Brownlee

Apple, we love you, but you are most definitely the screen door in our submarine sometimes. Apple’s Nike+ iPod Sport Kit is rather neat if you’re a runner. By inserting a little dongle in your shoe and pairing it to … Continue reading →

iTunes App Store shows strengths, weaknesses of a walled garden

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Joel Johnson

Fraser Speirs, the developer behind the top-shelf iPhone Flickr interface “Exposure”, echoes the complaints we’ve heard from many developers about the iTunes App Store: Apple requires that every single update to every app go through the same vetting process (although … Continue reading →

Ubisoft distributes cracking group’s no-CD patch as official

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Joel Johnson

“Neilthecellist”, a user on game publisher Ubisoft’s official message boards, took a peek inside the official no-CD patch that had been released for Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Vegas 2 and discovered that it had been released before — as an … Continue reading →

MSN Music postpones DRM server shutdown until 2011

Posted on June 19, 2008 by John Brownlee

In response to the whole Internet basically ejaculating its central nervous system in collective outrage, Microsoft is postponing the de-commissioning of their MSN Music DRM servers, which means that the music you legally purchased will be yours to listen to … Continue reading →

Survey: 14-24 year olds want to pay for their music but await the perfect service

Posted on June 17, 2008 by John Brownlee

According to a new survey sponsored by British Music Rights (an institution representing songwriters and music publishers in the UK), 80% of British P2P users between the ages of 14-24 would pay for a legal file-sharing service. According to Ars: … Continue reading →

Microsoft patents “digital manners policy”

Posted on June 12, 2008 by John Brownlee

Microsoft’s latest patent is trying to establish a “digital manners policy” (or DMP for short) to be enforced on all electronic devices. Essentially, what Microsoft wants — or, at least, what they see potential profit in — is for all … Continue reading →