They say "rights," we say "restrictions" #DRM are not for your digital /rights/, they are /restrictions/ imposed on you. Celebrate your own intellect by staying away from DRM. Learn more about DRM-free living at https://u.fsf.org/1aj
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Just found the post from @pluralistic recalling his 2004 talk about #DRM at Microsoft Research. Reminded me of the two years I spent before that working for Nokia on industry standards for DRM in the old Open Mobile Alliance. We soon learned why the MS guys stood at the back of the room chuckling (and why Apple never attended) https://pluralistic.net/2024/06/18/greetings-fellow-pirates/#arrrrrrrrrr
#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org
#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org
#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org
#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org
The purpose of a system is what it does, copyright edition:
Publishers implement #DRM to stop people who buy books legally from using them in ways that are legal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_what_it_does
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I think a lot about hacking. I was going to buy #Persona3Reload the other day - I know a lot of people who love the #Persona series, and I've never played a single game, so I thought I'd give it a go. That was until players found out that the digital artbook and soundtrack, part of the deluxe editions, were embedded in executables, protected by #DRM:
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#20yrsago #Itunes blocks you from sharing music with YOURSELF, on your own computer https://web.archive.org/web/20041009202513/http://www.raelity.org/computers/operating_systems/apple/mac_os_x/apps/itunes_single_instance.html
#20yrsago How #fanfic makes kids into better writers (and copyright victims) https://www.technologyreview.com/2004/02/06/40304/why-heather-can-write/
#20yrsago Apple selling #DRM’ed silence at $0.99 a pop http://www.appleturns.com/scene/?id=4490
#20yrsago RIP #WaltDisneyWorld’s designer, #JohnHench https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/feb/13/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries1
#20yrsago Worst #ToS on the entire Internet https://web.archive.org/web/20040304015054/https://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1319
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#Research & #Library bubble: Have you ever been hindered in your work by access restrictions on ebooks, software, videos etc.? Please take a few minutes to participate in this survey on the impact of digital content locks on access to information and research! https://www.knowledgerights21.org/news-story/survey-on-the-effects-of-digital-content-locks-and-tpms-on-education-and-research/ #DRM #TPM
"Microsoft Information Protection allows you to ensure your emails can't be copied or forwarded without your permission."
It also ensures your emails cannot be read by their intended recipient.
Unless they are willing to install Microsoft Outlook on their device (the web version of outlook also won't display the message content)
cc: @pluralistic
"Microsoft Information Protection allows you to ensure your emails can't be copied or forwarded without your permission."
It also ensures your emails cannot be read by their intended recipient.
Unless they are willing to install Microsoft Outlook on their device (the web version of outlook also won't display the message content)
cc: @pluralistic
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/
It's 3 AM here; I should be asleep. Instead I'm trying one thing then another to get my Google Play Books Library back.
I don't buy many DRM books; I prefer to *own* my books. The Cory Doctorow books I bought at Craphound? Safe on my hard drive! Google's DRM'd Schrodinger's books? Simultaneously there and not there.
I've screamed into the void that is Google's feedback line. The reply? Silence.
https://pluralistic.net/2024/01/30/go-nuts-meine-kerle/
It's 3 AM here; I should be asleep. Instead I'm trying one thing then another to get my Google Play Books Library back.
I don't buy many DRM books; I prefer to *own* my books. The Cory Doctorow books I bought at Craphound? Safe on my hard drive! Google's DRM'd Schrodinger's books? Simultaneously there and not there.
I've screamed into the void that is Google's feedback line. The reply? Silence.
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#20yrsago First corporate sponsorship for an #MMORPG guild https://web.archive.org/web/20040426073811/https://www.warcry.com/scripts/columns/view_sectionalt.phtml?site=15&id=108&colid=1675
#20yrsago More non-evil #SocialNetwork ideas https://web.archive.org/web/20040217043710/http://www.ambiguous.org/archive.php3/2004/01/30#quinn2004130.1
#20yrsago When #SpamFilters attack https://web.archive.org/web/20040529003653/https://www.oblomovka.com/entries/2004/01/30#1075490400
#20yrsago Mobile interface myths https://web.archive.org/web/20040205050015/https://www.acm.org/chapters/chi-sqrd/meetings/20040310.html
#20yrsago Totalitarian #TrustedComputing https://web.archive.org/web/20040205084716/http://costik.com/weblog/2004_01_01_blogchive.html#107547544736650899
#20yrsago Your customers don’t want #DRM, part MMMCCXI https://www.wired.com/2004/01/stores-nix-disposable-flicks/
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Looking forward to #thebezzle by @pluralistic!
Avoid all that #drm tosh and support it on https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/doctorow/the-bezzle-a-martin-hench-audiobook-amazon-wont-sell
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#15yrsago #Wingsuit base jumpers are human flying squirrels — video https://vimeo.com/1778399
#10yrsago RIP, #NealBarretJunior https://locusmag.com/2014/01/neal-barrett-jr-1929-2014/
#10yrsago Patent mess goes to the Supreme Court https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/01/supreme-court-looks-to-rein-in-top-patent-court-with-two-new-cases/
#10yrsago Requirements for #DRM in #HTML5 are a secret https://memex.craphound.com/2014/01/14/requirements-for-drm-in-html5-are-a-secret/
#10yrsago #NSA official: mass spying has foiled one (or fewer) plots in its whole history https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/10/nsa-mass-surveillance-powers-john-inglis-npr
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Hey look at this
* Polish Hackers Say Manufacturer's Repair #DRM Killed Train's Power, Broke Compressor https://www.404media.co/polish-hackers-explain-exactly-how-they-fixed-trains-that-the-manufacturer-bricked/
* The Great #Interoperability Convergence: 2023 Year in Review https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/great-interoperability-convergence-2023-year-review
* The Internet Is About to Get Weird Again https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-commentary/internet-future-about-to-get-weird-1234938403/
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#20yrsago Civilization arises from agreements about shit https://web.archive.org/web/20040202122931/https://www.londonconsortium.com/shit.htm
#15yrsago HOWTO write in the age of distraction http://www.locusmag.com/Features/2009/01/cory-doctorow-writing-in-age-of.html
#15yrsago Ebook #DRM provider goes dark, the books you paid for disappear https://web.archive.org/web/20110902104049/http://www.fictionwise.com/help/help.htm
#15yrsago Hardest-to-understand #EULA *ever* when you install WoW on GNU/Linux https://memex.craphound.com/2009/01/08/hardest-to-understand-eula-ever-when-you-install-wow-on-gnu-linux/
#15yrsago Group wants to own trademark on “awareness” of a rare disease https://web.archive.org/web/20090416045613/https://www.ipetitions.com/petition/cdhawareness/
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