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What does Jeff Bezos think is going to happen? | The Reinvigorated Programmer

Mon, 06 Jul 2026 06:33:23 +0000

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.

Tags: #amazon #drm #ebooks #kindle

The Future is NOT Self-Hosted

Tue, 05 Aug 2025 16:20:19 +0000

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.

Tags: #cloud #diy #drm #selfhosting

My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:52:45 +0000

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.

Tags: #books #drm #imported:pinboard #publishers #reading

My last word on DRM | Studio Tendra

Tue, 28 Jan 2014 16:52:45 +0000

Tags: #books #drm #publishers #reading

Getting ultraviolent about UltraViolet™

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:30:20 +0000

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.

Tags: #copyfight #drm #imported:pinboard #movies #to:fb #ultraviolet

Getting ultraviolent about UltraViolet™

Sat, 09 Mar 2013 02:30:20 +0000

Tags: #copyfight #drm #movies #to:fb #ultraviolet

Skull & Crossbones Vandalize Studio Games » Game Maker Blog

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:21:58 +0000

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.

Tags: #drm #gaming #imported:pinboard #piracy #to:fb

Skull & Crossbones Vandalize Studio Games » Game Maker Blog

Thu, 29 Nov 2012 02:21:58 +0000

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.

Tags: #drm #gaming #piracy #to:fb

I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:40 +0000

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.

Tags: #amazon #apple #copyfight #drm #ecosystem #google #imported:pinboard #mobile #to:fb

I Don’t Want To Be Part of Your Fucking Ecosystem by Terence Eden has a Blog

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 16:49:40 +0000

Tags: #amazon #apple #copyfight #drm #ecosystem #google #mobile #to:fb

Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Bekkelund

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:01:55 +0000

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.

Tags: #amazon #copyright #drm #ebooks #imported:pinboard #kindle #to:fb

Outlawed by Amazon DRM « Martin Bekkelund

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 15:01:55 +0000

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.

Tags: #amazon #copyright #drm #ebooks #kindle #to:fb

Tor/Forge E-book Titles to Go DRM-Free | Tor.com

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 01:59:43 +0000

“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.”

Tags: #awesome #copyfight #drm #ebooks #imported:pinboard #scifi #to:fb #tor

Cutting their own throats - Charlie's Diary

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 22:00:12 +0000

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 ...)

Tags: #amazon #drm #ebooks #haha #kindle #publishing

Adobe's future is controlling what you watch, not delivering it • The Register

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 23:15:03 +0000

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. ... 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).

Tags: #adobe #copyfight #drm #flash