What does Jeff Bezos think is going to happen? | The Reinvigorated Programmer
https://reprog.wordpress.com/2026/07/05/what-does-jeff-bezos-think-is-going-to-happen/
But of course I won’t buy a new Kindle, when this one is perfectly functional. I’ll just pirate the book that I have already paid for. I will find somewhere that I can download a non-DRM-crippled copy of the book, and put it on my device that I have also already paid for.
The Future is NOT Self-Hosted
https://www.drewlyton.com/story/the-future-is-not-self-hosted/
My wife and I now have a computer in our house that runs open-source equivalents to Google Drive, Google Photos, Audible, Kindle, and Netflix. It syncs to all of our devices. It's secured behind our own VPN. And it's wholly, truly owned by us.
And this week, I want to share with you how I did it, what I learned, and why I think self-hosting is NOT the future we should be fighting for.
My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra
http://studiotendra.com/2014/01/27/my-last-word-on-drm/
It involves inflicting a recurring technical, infrastructural, and administrative cost on all of their sales in perpetuity to solve a problem they can’t prove exists. By tying their entire catalogue, in perpetuity, to the fate and competence of a single external service provider (whoever provides the DRM solution) publishers are taking a business risk of unfathomable proportions. These are the kinds of risks that sink large companies.
My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra
http://studiotendra.com/2014/01/27/my-last-word-on-drm
It involves inflicting a recurring technical, infrastructural, and administrative cost on all of their sales in perpetuity to solve a problem they can’t prove exists. By tying their entire catalogue, in perpetuity, to the fate and competence of a single external service provider (whoever provides the DRM solution) publishers are taking a business risk of unfathomable proportions. These are the kinds of risks that sink large companies.
Getting ultraviolent about UltraViolet™
http://martinbelam.com/2013/ultraviolet/
But back to my user journey. After the 404 error I took control of the user experience myself. I Googled “Doctor Who S07E01 torrent”, and I very much doubt I’ll ever attempt to use UltraViolet™ again.
Getting ultraviolent about UltraViolet™
http://martinbelam.com/2013/ultraviolet
But back to my user journey. After the 404 error I took control of the user experience myself. I Googled “Doctor Who S07E01 torrent”, and I very much doubt I’ll ever attempt to use UltraViolet™ again.
Skull & Crossbones Vandalize Studio Games » Game Maker Blog
http://gamemakerblog.com/2012/11/26/skull-crossbones-vandalize-studio-games/
So, because DRM never goes wrong, let's just vandalize the content created by the purchasers of our software. Oh wait, we meant to do that to the pirates. Oh well.
Skull & Crossbones Vandalize Studio Games » Game Maker Blog
http://gamemakerblog.com/2012/11/26/skull-crossbones-vandalize-studio-games
So, because DRM never goes wrong, let's just vandalize the content created by the purchasers of our software. Oh wait, we meant to do that to the pirates. Oh well.
I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-fucking-ecosystem/
I just want us all to get along. I want my disparate equipment to talk to each other. I don't want to live in a house where ever component has to be made by the same company otherwise nothing works correctly. I don't want to be stuck using a crappy product because they're the only ones offering service X.
I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2012/11/i-dont-want-to-be-part-of-your-fucking-ecosystem
I just want us all to get along. I want my disparate equipment to talk to each other. I don't want to live in a house where ever component has to be made by the same company otherwise nothing works correctly. I don't want to be stuck using a crappy product because they're the only ones offering service X.
Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Bekkelund
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm/
Amazon wipes a woman's Kindle and shuts down her account. This is why I strip the DRM from every Kindle book I buy, and archive each away on my home server. And, also, why I rarely buy Kindle books.
Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Bekkelund
http://www.bekkelund.net/2012/10/22/outlawed-by-amazon-drm
Amazon wipes a woman's Kindle and shuts down her account. This is why I strip the DRM from every Kindle book I buy, and archive each away on my home server. And, also, why I rarely buy Kindle books.
Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free | Tor.com
http://www.tor.com/blogs/2012/04/torforge-e-book-titles-to-go-drm-free
“Our authors and readers have been asking for this for a long time,” said president and publisher Tom Doherty. “They’re a technically sophisticated bunch, and DRM is a constant annoyance to them. It prevents them from using legitimately-purchased e-books in perfectly legal ways, like moving them from one kind of e-reader to another.”
Cutting their own throats - Charlie's Diary
http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2011/11/cutting-their-own-throats.html
As ebook sales mushroom, the Big Six's insistence on DRM has proven to be a hideous mistake. Rather than reducing piracy[*], it has locked customers in Amazon's walled garden, which in turn increases Amazon's leverage over publishers. And unlike pirated copies (which don't automatically represent lost sales) Amazon is a direct revenue threat because Amazon are have no qualms about squeezing their suppliers — or trying to poach authors for their "direct" publishing channel by offering initially favourable terms. (Which will doubtless get a lot less favourable once the monopoly is secured ...)
Adobe's future is controlling what you watch, not delivering it • The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/11/adobe_flash_analysis
Adobe's decision to stop developing mobile Flash shouldn't surprise: Adobe can see there's more money in preventing people watching stuff than enabling them to do so.
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Amazon's Kindle might be the biggest kid on the block, but just about all the other electronic book readers rely on Adobe's Digital Editions DRM to protect (and distribute) their content (which is laid out using the Adobe-owned-but-happily-shared ePub format).
$t@t!c_V()1D's tech - Site Info
http://stat1cv01d.com/index/about/0-2
a kind of a swiss knife for a Steam content and stuff to process and launch.
It has some additional features for launching Source and GoldSource games.
Mass Effect 3 PC requires initial internet check; no local co-op on all platforms | Joystiq
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/11/09/mass-effect-3-pc-requires-initial-internet-check-no-local-co-op
The DRM graveyard: A brief history of digital rights management in music | opensource.com
http://opensource.com/life/11/11/drm-graveyard-brief-history-digital-rights-management-music
There are more than a few reasons digital rights management (DRM) has been largely unsuccessful. But the easiest way to explain to a consumer why DRM doesn't work is to put it in terms he understands: "What happens to the music you paid for if that company changes its mind?" It was one thing when it was a theoretical question. Now it's a historical one. Rhapsody just had the next in a line of DRM music services to go--this week the company told its users than anyone with RAX files has unil November 7 to back them up in another format or lose them the next time they upgrade their systems.
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http://i.imgur.com/UPEvN.png
The reality of DRM and gaming and pirate ships full of games
The Digital Death of Copyright's First Sale Doctrine
http://lisnews.org/digital_death_copyright039s_first_sale_doctrine
This may gain more traction if it were titled "Why you can't play your library's copy of Battlefield 3 online"
DRM Needs To Be Banned Because It’s Toxic
http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/lfrka/drm_needs_to_be_banned_because_its_toxic
Apple TV owners lost legal movie playback this weekend
http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.reghardware.com/2011/10/03/apple_tv_owners_lose_legal_movie_playback
How To Strip DRM from Kindle E-Books and Others | Gadget Lab | Wired.com
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/01/how-to-strip-drm-from-kindle-e-books-and-others
Helene » Blog Archive » How to remove DRM from ebooks
http://klungvik.com/index.php/2008/how-to-remove-drm-from-ebooks
"I buy books. A lot of them, and I like to own the books I purchase. By that statement I mean that I want to be able to read the book on whatever device I want. To be able to do that I have to remove the DRM from the books I buy.
I NEVER distribute the books I buy, and neither should you."
If you are a pirate, this is what you get... but if you are a PAYING CUSTOMER, this is what you get
http://i.imgur.com/GxzeV.jpg
Associated rePress
http://associatedrepress.tumblr.com
"A tribute to "fair use" and the AP's misguided crusade against the hyperlink. All content on this site was generated automatically from the AP's own RSS feeds. (Sorry, we forgot to include your magic DRM beans.) ♥"
Some E-Books Are More Equal Than Others - Pogue’s Posts Blog - NYTimes.com
http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/17/some-e-books-are-more-equal-than-others
"This is ugly for all kinds of reasons. Amazon says that this sort of thing is “rare,” but that it can happen at all is unsettling; we’ve been taught to believe that e-books are, you know, just like books, only better. Already, we’ve learned that they’re not really like books, in that once we’re finished reading them, we can’t resell or even donate them. But now we learn that all sales may not even be final. "
Sony Pictures CEO: The Internet Is Still Bad | Techdirt
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090526/1159125014.shtml
"A week and a half ago, Sony Pictures CEO Michael Lynton made some news for saying that nothing good had come from the internet, period. Plenty of online sites (including ours) took him to task for that, wondering how one gets to be the CEO of a major content company without understanding the internet. Today, Lynton hit back at critics -- not by saying he was quoted out of context or misunderstood, but by standing behind the statement and adding some gems to it as well. Let's take a look..."
Gears of War DRM screwup makes PC version unplayable - Ars Technica
http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2009/01/pc-gears-of-war-drm-causes-title-to-shut-down-starting-today.ars
"Unfortunately, DRM can sometimes feel like a rug that can be yanked out from under our feet at any moment."
Caveat Lector » Blog Archive » The DRM Ponzi event horizon
http://cavlec.yarinareth.net/2009/01/12/the-drm-ponzi-event-horizon
"Personally, despite my neverending love affair with the written word, I’m getting tired of owning print books. There, I’ve said it. They take up a whole lot of space, they clutter, and they’re obnoxious to pack (yes, I’ve moved twice in the last five years and that may not be the end of it, how about you?). For my purposes, with most books, ebooks would be far preferable both for one-time and many-time reads… if I could be assured of keeping my many-time reads."
iTunes music: The cost of removing Apple’s copy protection - Apple 2.0
http://apple20.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2009/01/07/itunes-music-the-cost-of-removing-apples-copy-protection
"Leave it to Apple (AAPL) to turn the lifting of restrictions into a profit center. If users convert every one of the 9 billion songs purchased from the iTunes Store over the past six years, a rich new revenue stream will flow toward Cupertino. Techcrunch’s Erick Schonfeld calls it Apple’s “$1.8 billion music tax.”"
Stupid DRM handcuffs | D'Arcy Norman dot net
http://www.darcynorman.net/2008/11/05/stupid-drm-handcuffs
"That’s me in the DVD. But because the MPAA makes software companies bend over to protect their content by baking DRM into the apps that ship with my computer, I’m prevented from doing legitimate things with my own content. Thankfully, there are ways around it (Jing was more than happy to capture a screenshot - I’m sure the MPAA attack dogs will be closing that hole ASAP)."
WalMart now says they'll keep the DRM servers on forever - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/10/10/walmart-now-says-the.html
"All those companies (cough Amazon cough Apple cough) that say they're only doing DRM for now, until they can convince the stupid entertainment execs to ditch it, heed this lesson: you will spend the rest of your corporate life paying for this mistake, maintaining infrastructure whose sole purpose is to lock your customers into a technology restriction that no one really believes in. Welcome to the infinite cost of doing business with Hollywood. "
Wal*Mart shutting down DRM server, nuking your music collection -- only people who pay for music risk losing it to DRM shenanigans - Boing Boing
http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/26/walmart-shutting-dow.html
"Hey suckers! Did you buy DRM music from Wal*Mart instead of downloading MP3s for free from the P2P networks? Well, they're repaying your honesty by taking away your music. Unless you go through a bunch of hoops (that you may never find out about, if you've changed email addresses or if you're not a very technical person), your music will no longer be playable after October 9th. "
DRM sucks redux: Microsoft to nuke MSN Music DRM keys
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080422-drm-sucks-redux-microsoft-to-nuke-msn-music-drm-keys.html
"Companies that control various DRM schemes, as well as the content providers themselves, can yank your ability to play the content which you lawfully purchased (and now, videos) at any moment—no matter what your expectation was when you bought it."
Music Recording Industry Will Be First Traditional Media Industry To Be Utterly Destroyed By Digital Technology - Publishing 2.0
http://publishing2.com/2007/12/28/music-recording-industry-will-be-first-traditional-media-industry-to-be-utterly-destroyed-by-digital-technology
"The maxim goes that new technologies don’t kill off old media — radio didn’t kill newspapers, TV didn’t kill radio, etc. But it’s not clear this maxim will hold true in the digital age"
HijiNKS ENSUE a geek webcomic - updated monday and thursday » Blog Archive » Robots are everywhere, and they eat old people’s medicine for fuel
http://hijinksensue.com/2007/11/29/robots-are-everywhere-and-they-eat-old-peoples-medicine-for-fuel
"Our kids will laugh when we’re 60 and we don’t know which button turns on the garbage disposal and which one vents plasma from the starboard nacelles."
FOXNews.com - Radiohead's Web-Only Release Threatens Music Industry - Business And Money | Business News | Financial News
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,300549,00.html
"The release of popular rock group Radiohead's new album Wednesday is the latest wake-up call for a music industry still struggling to deal with the advent of digital music, experts say."
iTunes Plus - plus user details that is | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/31/apple_itunes_plus_drm
"customers using iTunes Plus will have their username and email address embedded in each DRM-free track they download."
Apple Launches iTunes Plus
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/05/30itunesplus.html
"Higher Quality DRM-Free Tracks Now Available on the iTunes Store Worldwide"
Boing Boing: HD-DVD re-cracked six days *before* it is patched
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/17/hddvd_recracked_six_.html
"Key revocation doesn't work. Suing the Internet doesn't work. DRM doesn't work ... Pirates who download movies don't ever see DRM. Honest customers who buy media are the only people who ever get restricted by it "
Joho the Blog: Physical DRM
http://www.hyperorg.com/blogger/mtarchive/physical_drm.html
"You forced me into stabbing your product with a carving knife. Is that really the sort of "initial user experience" you were hoping for?"
Boing Boing: Macrovision sends pretty lies to Steve Jobs
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/02/16/macrovision_sends_pr.html
"This is my favorite DRM fairy tale of all: that someone out there will use DRM to charge you less and deliver more."
ASCII by Jason Scott: The Calibration
http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000303.html
'...racking my brains for what I actually do instead of just saying "I need Windows, so too bad about the raping."'
Why does the fashion industry thrive in spite of rampant IP "piracy"?
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061124-8283.html
"In spite of the lack of IP protection for clothing designs—or rather, because of this lack, the authors argue—the fashion industry remains vibrant and profitable"
FloppyHead.com ‽ Blog Archive ‽ Barenaked Ladies successfully stick it to the recording industry
http://www.floppyhead.com/2006/10/24/barenaked-ladies-successfully-stick-it-to-the-recording-industry
"The Barenaked Ladies are offering their latest album, “Barenaked Ladies Are Me,” as a download from their website without digital rights managment."
Boing Boing: Amazon Unbox to customers: Eat shit and die
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/09/15/amazon_unbox_to_cust.html
"Amazon's new video-on-demand store may sound like a good idea, but once you take a look at the "agreement" you enter into by giving them your money, that changes."
5 excellent places to find DRM-free science fiction - cebidae: the blog of david dean
http://www.cebidae.com/2006/07/27/5-excellent-places-to-find-drm-free-science-fiction
"Whatever you do, don’t buy DRM’d ebooks. You are just ripping yourself off in the long run." Amen to that. I've bought a few ebooks with DRM, and it was all a waste.
InformationWeek | Digital Rights Management | Opinion: Apple's Copy Protection Isn't Just Bad For Consumers, It's Bad For Business | July 31, 2006
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=191000408&pgno=1&queryText=
"Apple's copy-protection technology makes media companies into its servants."
Push the Third Button Twice: The Pig and the Box
http://dustrunners.blogspot.com/2006/07/pig-and-box.html
"The Pig and the Box is about a pig who finds a magic box that can replicate anything you put into it. "
DRM debate debunked: Let's count the lies - IPac - Blog
http://ipaction.org/blog/2006/06/drm-debate-debunked-lets-count-lies.html
"The Hollywood cartels' stranglehold on our legislative system that ensures they can buy any law that they want."
BBC NEWS | Technology | Libraries fear digital lockdown
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4675280.stm
"Libraries have warned that the rise of digital publishing may make it harder or even impossible to access items in their collections in the future."
Making money selling music without DRM: the rise of eMusic : Page 1
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/emusic.ars
"offer songs as high quality, variable bit rate MP3 files instead. DRM is removed, consumers are happy, and the vast white fields of the iPod are ready for harvest."
The Technology Liberation Front: Thomas Giovanetti: Victim of DRM
http://www.techliberation.com/archives/038068.php
"For those who aren't familiar with Mr. Giovanetti's work, he's a frequent and pugnacious commentator on intellectual property issues, and an avowed supporter of the DMCA and digital rights management technologies."
Rip Rowan: Waves Native Gold Bundle 3.2 featuring PACE Interlok
http://www.prorec.com/prorec/articles.nsf/articles/4F0B51C39C17DA6386256B7F0077FBA6
"Copy protection schemes have, by and large, been a hoax from the start."
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
http://www.galciv2.com/Purchase.aspx
I'd totally buy this game, if I had a PC on which to play it.
The big DRM mistake
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/390
"Digital Rights Managements hurts paying customers, destroys Fair Use rights, renders customers' investments worthless, and can always be defeated. Why are consumers and publishers being forced to use DRM?"
The Fishbowl: You Wouldn't Steal a Movie
http://fishbowl.pastiche.org/2006/02/09/you_wouldnt_steal_a_movie
"Yes, I would. I'd steal it in a second if the stolen version allowed me to fast-forward past the fucking adverts."
Blogzilla: DRM-a-go-go
http://dooooooom.blogspot.com/2006/01/drm-go-go.html
"We don't want this technology to be available to every hobbyist. We need to keep the number of licensees down to a manageable number. We charge a license fee to keep the number of people we have to deal with down to a level we can handle."
EFF: DeepLinks - New Senate Broadcast Flag Bill Would Freeze Fair Use
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004340.php
I'm almost fine with this, if it can be done in a way that only affects the content of groups who want to opt into this bullshit. Don't cripple devices in the general case, just for the case of these morons. Let their industry commit suicide.
Big Content would like to outlaw things no one has even thought of yet
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060121-6025.html
You know what? If they want to protect their steaming piles so badly, they can keep them. I've paid more attention and been more entertained by non-DRM, indie sources lately than anything else. I only expect that to grow.
Dare Obasanjo aka Carnage4Life - Shelley Powers on DRM and the Cluetrain Clique
http://www.25hoursaday.com/weblog/CommentView.aspx?guid=9ef5222d-9da7-4501-b0d6-971e4e3f78c8
"Absolutists who argue that DRM is evil and should be shunned are ignoring reality."
The Doc Searls Weblog : Welcome to the Long Run
http://doc.weblogs.com/2006/01/09#welcomeToTheLongRun
"We need to do with video what we've started doing with music: building a new and independent industry."
Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems? | The Register
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/08/google_drm_question
"Having one of the world's largest and currently most powerful IT companies announce that it has constructed a new DRM system and then not reveal a single detail about the technology is just plain unacceptable."
A CD insert to make Sony blush
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060102-5877.html
"copy this warning text, or get your hands on the actual insert, and mail it to everyone that represents you in government."
rc3.org: Changing the rules
http://rc3.org/2005/11/changing_the_rules.php
"If I fear that any CD I buy will silently install a bunch of crap on my computer, Apple's DRM doesn't sound quite so bad."
Boing Boing: Sony releases de-rootkit-ifier, lies about risks from rootkits
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/11/03/sony_releases_deroot.html
"This component is not malicious and does not compromise security." And this lamprey on your neck sure does mean well.
Blogcritics.org: The Last Days Of Compact Disco?
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/10/03/072626.php
"The halcyon days of 'owning' your music may soon be over."
Boing Boing: TiVo breaks devices, then charges you $150 if you don't like the new deal
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/09/24/tivo_breaks_devices_.html
"it's a funny kind of contract that is renegotiated at the whim of one side, who can unilaterally change the deal whenever he feels like it, and which you can't get out of if you decide that the new deal isn't one that you like"
Just Say No to DRM
http://norman.walsh.name/2005/07/08/drm
"I buy the music I listen to, but if you want to sell me music (or any other media for that matter) sell it to me without all this DRM crap all over it. That's not actually going to stop the folks who aren't honest, but it's a bloody inconvenient nuisance
Voidstar - DRM is bad for you
http://www.voidstar.com/node.php?id=2346
"Music is for life, not just for christmas." Amen.
[IP] more on Dell to Add Security Chip to PCs
http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/200502/msg00008.html
"Richard Stallman, self-proclaimed founder of all that is Free, calls it Treacherous Computing."
Lovely things, subnets
http://vitanuova.loyalty.org/weblog/nb.cgi/view/vitanuova/2004/12/22/0
"I will say that we heard a lot in the boom about the death of distance and the erasure of place, but that DRM developers have been working hard (between region coding, location-awareness, geolocation, and proximity detection) to bring place and distance
Just let PlayFair die already, ok?
http://wincent.org/article/articleview/221/1/25
"Apple's actually the good guy in this scenario and you are the bad guy."