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Minority Report: Why Apple was smart to OK 'iTunes killer'
Comment Giving one the green light but not the other would be difficult - yet okaying Real's app may be a less than palatable decision for Apple given the animosity that developed between Apple and Real in the Fairplay DRM... [03 Sep 2009]
Virgin file-sharers risking suspension
News The tracks will all be DRM-free. Universal will use technology from the Danish anti-piracy firm DTecNet to scour file-sharing networks - not Virgin's own network - and log the IP addresses of... [15 Jun 2009]
Apple's proprietary DRM cracked
News Apple's proprietary DRM technology may have survived allegations of anti-competitiveness and even government attempts at intervention in the past two years but it seems one software engineer has found a... [25 Oct 2006]
Microsoft grapples with mystery DRM cracker
News At the moment, Microsoft is taking a two-pronged technical and legal approach to FairUse4WM that goes beyond the scope of its earlier DRM battles. Analysts say "Viodentia" hasn't proved Microsoft's DRM... [27 Sep 2006]
Cracked patch forces Sky to pause film downloads
News The issue of DRM technology is becoming increasingly heated, with the Free Software Foundation backing an Anti-DRM day, due to take place on 3 October. Broadcaster Sky has suspended its... [11 Sep 2006]
Anti-DRM day to debut next month
News Organised by DefectiveByDesign.org, a sub-group of the Free Software Foundation (FSF), Anti-DRM day will involve a "worldwide day of action… to raise the stakes and attempt to increase awareness to the... [04 Sep 2006]
Sony DRM settlement passes final legal hurdle
News The agreement covers anyone who bought, received or used CDs containing what was revealed to be flawed digital rights management (DRM) software after 1 August, 2003. Doing so, she predicted, may send a message to Sony... [23 May 2006]
Devil's Advocate: Life after DRM doesn't look so bad
Comment But now we are seeing another anti-consumer trend in DRM. If there were a competitive market in DRM schemes, then the charges made by technology providers would be driven down. Digital... [14 Feb 2006]
Linux leader attacks "anti-DRM" GPL
News Torvalds said in a posting on Wednesday to the Linux kernel mailing list: "I think a lot of people may find that the GPLv3 'anti-DRM' measures aren't all that wonderful after all. The foundation added... [06 Feb 2006]
New Trojan exploits Sony DRM anti-piracy tool
News Antivirus firms are reporting that masses of emails containing a Trojan that exploits Sony's digital rights management (DRM) program are circulating on the internet. The Trojan, dubbed Stinx, has been mass-mailed to UK... [10 Nov 2005]
Call to scrap levies on European music downloads
News The BSA argues that the rise in online content protected by digital rights management (DRM) technology makes the need for private copy levies obsolete. But online content is increasingly DRM-protected... [13 Oct 2005]
Patent bullies may face GPL 3 penalty clause
News It is not certain at present whether anti-software patent and anti-DRM clauses will actually make it into GPL 3, said Greve. The next version of the GPL (GNU General Public License) may... [07 Sep 2005]
Is BBC trumping Hollywood with free video?
Comment The only restriction on the content is digital rights management (DRM) protection to prevent it being played beyond seven days from its original broadcast date. Many technologies introduced in the last 20 years have had... [19 May 2005]
Real takes another bite of Apple with 'DRM crack'
News The so-called Harmony technology, which independently mimicked the anti-piracy tools used by Apple, was the first of its kind. RealNetworks has re-established software compatibility with iPod devices, renewing a... [27 Apr 2005]
Apple disables iTunes hack
News Apple has closed a security hole that allowed an underground program to tap into its iTunes Music Store and purchase songs stripped of anti-piracy protections. The PyMusique software, created by a trio of independent... [22 Mar 2005]
