It appears the folks at Electronic Arts are doing everything they can to ensure I never purchase one of their PC games again. Word over on the official support forums for Command and Conquer says that the upcoming Red Alert 3, a sequel to my all-time favorite RTS, will use a slightly more lenient SecuROM . . . → Read More: “Red Alert 3” will also have SecuROM DRM.
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Microsoft’s Zune media players continue to lag behind Apple’s popular iPods so they’re looking to gain an advantage wherever they can. One possible boost is a recent deal with NBC to license shows for use on the Zune after NBC yanked them from Apple’s iTunes offerings after a dispute over pricing and DRM. Microsoft seems . . . → Read More: Thinking of buying a Zune? Microsoft has plans to put “Copyright Cop” on it. Davis Freeberg is a braver man than I am. He’s actually attempting to use his PC to watch HD content that he has purchased legitimately which means it’s all secured by DRM. Not only does he purchase videos from Amazon’s Unbox service, but he also watches streaming video from Netflix. All of that was working . . . → Read More: Blogger Davis Freeberg’s tale of DRM woe. Those crazy bastards at the RIAA have finally gone off the deep end. In an ongoing lawsuit they are now claiming that ripping a CD which you legally purchased is a violation of copyright law regardless of whether or not you actually distribute the files to anyone else: Download Uproar: Record Industry Goes After Personal . . . → Read More: RIAA now saying that you can’t legally rip CDs you own to your PC. According to this article at ArsTechnica.com the folks at Warner Music Group have just announced DRM-less MP3s will soon be available via Amazon.com’s new music service: The announcement means that EMI, Universal, and Warner now offer their catalogues in DRM-free digital formats, making Sony BMG (of rootkit fame) the lone holdout among the majors. Amazon . . . → Read More: Warner Music Group has announced they’re getting rid of DRM on digital music. A lot of folks buy external hard drives so they can share their collection of music and video files with other PCs on their home network and the bigger the hard drive, the better. But if you’re hoping to make use of Western Digital’s new 1Terrabyte MyBooks you may be in for a rude awakening: . . . → Read More: Western Digital’s new 1TB external hard drive won’t share your media files. Ah, the joys of playing by the rules and getting screwed for being honest! That’s what Red Sox fan Allan Wood must be feeling these days. He’s been purchasing and downloading videos of his favorite team’s games since 2003 through the official Major League Baseball Digital Download Service, files that are of course protected by . . . → Read More: MLB changes DRM system for video downloads and screws fans in the process. The folks who create the various DRM schemes used to try and secure content these days are growing uneasy as signs of a consumer backlash appear to be growing. So what do they do when faced with a potentially angry pitchfork wielding crowd? They hasten to blame somebody else for their sins: SEPT. 19 | . . . → Read More: DRM developers play Blame The Content Owners. The folks behind Boing Boing have launched a new sub-blog on gadgets and technology that I’ve been following in my RSS reader and they have an entry on the continuing Bioshock DRM controversy. In it they detail an exchange between an angry (if someone moronic) customer and an official 2K tech support guy: Nemesisdesignz . . . → Read More: BoingBoing’s Gadget blog on the continuing “Bioshock” DRM idiocy. NBC hasn’t been happy with Apple for awhile now in part because Apple refuses to deviate from its one-price-fits-all policy for downloads. So NBC decided to take its ball and go play with Amazon’s new Unbox download service. The other reason for the switch? Amazon’s Unbox allows for more restrictive DRM on downloads: “This further . . . → Read More: NBC dumps Apple’s iTunes and moves to Amazon’s Unbox for video downloads. |
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