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Nokia Steps Back, Delays Music Service in U.S.
With its “Comes With Music” music service getting a not-so-hot reception in the countries where it has already been launched, Nokia has decided to delay the launch of the product here in t… more →
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Clone Wars - The War for my Ipod
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DM Tull wrote 3 days ago: It’s here. I got it. Went out and bought Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 1 just like I said … more →
The Protection Racket
Jim Lawless wrote 1 week ago: If you ask the question in a given forum whether or not copy-protection schemes should be used in so … more →
Abelson ch. 5 - DVD copy protection
ewenfe wrote 2 weeks ago: The copy protection originally designed to protect content on DVDs has been overcome some years ago. … more →
Looks can be deceiving.
Adz wrote 1 month ago: Hmm. I haven’t updated for four days. Feels like forever. Normally, this would be a long post, … more →
iTunes movie purchases will not play on external display - HDCP auth error
chimac wrote 1 month ago: iTunes movie purchases will not play on external display Wow! I’d be upset if this happened t … more →
Redefining the digital dilemma of securing data: No locks, no break-ins
georgejohnt wrote 2 months ago: Move over digital cut-and-paste-guys and data hackers. You will soon be out of job, because the trad … more →
Interesting Things: Ignore the Pirates
nmdjohn wrote 2 months ago: A while ago Ars had a writeup on Stardock’s CEO saying that they think copy protection is coun … more →
Nokia Steps Back, Delays Music Service in U.S.
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Ed Oswald wrote 2 months ago: With its “Comes With Music” music service getting a not-so-hot reception in the countrie … more →
Wacky copy protection methods from the good old days
andyt31 wrote 2 months ago: This is a very interesting article about copy protection from yesteryear. Software piracy has been a … more →
Wine 1.1.28 finally supports installing SecuROM-infected games without crashing
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Ryan wrote 2 months ago: Thanks go to Alexandre Julliard at Crossover/WineHQ for this patch I believe. I’ve been frustr … more →
People like free: It's a good model
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perspx wrote 2 months ago: When I first saw Spotify, I knew that they’d struck gold. For those who do not know, Spotify i … more →
District Court Grants Injunction Against RealNetworks Over RealDVD
Chris Pollette wrote 3 months ago: Looks like RealNetworks is going to have to try, try again. Brad Stone wrote yesterday at The New Yo … more →
RealDepressing: RealDVD Loses a Round in Court
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Harry McCracken wrote 3 months ago: The New York Times’ Brad Stone is reporting that U.S. Federal District Court Judge Marilyn Hal … more →
We're From Microsoft, and We're Here to Help You
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Harry McCracken wrote 3 months ago: Microsoft’s Alex Kochis has blogged about this week’s compromising of a Lenovo key for W … more →
Jeff Bezos: Amazon's 1984 Actions Were "Stupid"
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Harry McCracken wrote 4 months ago: Amazon’s decision to remotely delete pirated copies of George Orwell’s 1984 and Animal F … more →
Don't Copy That Floppy 2: Don't Copy Harder
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Brady wrote 4 months ago: He’s ba-ack. Well, he’s back if you know who I’m talking about and if you don … more →
Copy Protection Sucks
dave wrote 4 months ago: A good friend of mine (and ecommerce expert) very kindly sent me a nice parcel which NamPost has eve … more →
No code is completely safe
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perspx wrote 4 months ago: I was reminded of a question I answered on Stack Overflow a while back, relating to protecting code … more →
Kindle DRM Follies
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Harry McCracken wrote 5 months ago: Gear Diary has an illuminating, alarming post about the DRM for Amazon’s Kindle e-books: “How … more →
