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14 hrs ago | Boing Boing

DRM versus innovation

Here's a superb essay on the other DRM problem -- DRM isn't only bad for fair use, it's also a disaster for innovation, because it forecloses on the possibility of disruptive new technologies .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Fri Nov 27, 2009

AndhraNews

TERI and IGNOU to Organize the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries

Digital Libraries are increasingly playing a vital role in business, research and education and facilitating 'anytime, anywhere access' to knowledge resources.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, India, World News

Thu Nov 26, 2009

TeleRead

Black Friday update: Slate warns bargain-hunters about eBabela "clashing e-book formats

Adobe DRM will get some loving attention from me in a post later this week. Meanwhile guess which topics come up in a Slate piece on Black Friday deals as bait for suckers ? Clashing e-book formats and DRM.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Wed Nov 25, 2009

WebWire

British Library selects FileOpen Systems' DRM for electronic access

The British Library Improves Electronic Access with New DRM Platform from leading provider, FileOpen Systems Responding to customer demand, the British Library, supplying over 1.6m articles every year to researchers all over the world, has added FileOpen to its choice of delivery options via its Document Supply Service.

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Related Topix: Libraries

Cinema Blend News

Mass Effect 2 System Requirements, DRM Details Announced

Today BioWare announced what you'll need to join Commander Shepard on his latest adventure.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Microsoft Windows, CPU

Tue Nov 24, 2009

Earth Times

ShareStream To Co-host Webinar on Best Practices for Rich Media in...

ShareStream, a leading provider of rich media-management and delivery platforms for higher education, announced this week that it will be co-hosting a Webinar with Sun Microsystems Inc.

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Related Topix: Sun Microsystems, Computers, Startups, Georgetown University

Sun Nov 22, 2009

GamersHell

Akella Chooses ByteShield's DRM Solution to Protect Their Most Popular PC Games

Akella, one of the key players in publishing, development and distribution of video games in Russia and CIS, has chosen Byteshield© to protect their PC games against piracy.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, PC, Video Games

Fri Nov 20, 2009

PC World

Will Secret Copyright Treaty Restrict Digital Rights?

Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies.

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Related Topix: Travel, Canada Travel, Ottawa, Canada Travel, Media Players, Science / Technology

Gamasutra

Disciples III Dev Akella Signs DRM Deal With Byteshield

Moscow-headquartered Akella, developer of Disciples III , Age of Sail 2 and other titles, said Thursday it signed a deal with Byteshield to provide DRM for its PC games in order to counter piracy.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, PC

Wed Nov 18, 2009

AfterDawn.com

Review - Is DVD Digital Copy worth the trouble?

Last year Hollywood introduced a new feature called the Digital Copy. It's supposed to be a solution for watching your movies on your portable media player, and has been promoted as the legal alternative to ripping and encoding movies at home.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Online Music, iPod, Media Players, Microsoft Windows

The Victoria Star

Popular Kindle ebook reader now available in Canada for US$259

The Kindle is finally coming to Canada. Amazon.com announced Tuesday that the popular ebook reader, with its high-resolution 15-centimetre screen, is now available to Canadians.

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Lockergnome Nexus

Software Copyrights and EULAs a " Not In the Public Interest

Get our new Windows 7 eBook for $7 with 70+ Tips. Download Now ! Monday, November 16th, 2009 by the oracle With the ruling on the weekend, and Apple lawyers putting the final stake in rogue company Psystar's heart, it is clear to see that you just don't mess with the legal system put in place by the computer industry, which may be the thing that ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Computers

Tue Nov 17, 2009

Boing Boing

Viacom's top lawyer thinks lawsuits were "terrorism" - but he's learned nothing from the experience

Michael Fricklas, Viacom's General Counsel, gave a lecture to a Yale Law class in which he confessed that suing people for copyright infringement felt "like terrorism." He says that this was bad strategy on the entertainment industry's part, as was "bad" DRM.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology

Managing Rights Management

Microsoft and Ibm DRM Patents

Travel Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Microsoft and IBM DRM Patents On Tuesdays the USPTO issues new patents .Today's Spotlight Patents address aspects of DRM .

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Patent / Trademark Law, Law

TidBITS

Re: Apple v. Psystar - Apple Wins #7

Even if they did that, Psystar wouldn't have had a prayer. The DCMA is very clear about the legality of modifying copy protected software so as to defeat the copy protection.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, iPhone, Keyboards, Computers

Mon Nov 16, 2009

Ars Technica

Public pressure stops BBC's HDTV DRM drive

Hollywood never tires of demanding stronger content protection measures, and in this case the victim of the squeeze play was the BBC.

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Sat Nov 14, 2009

GrokLaw

Apple Wins Like a Champ - Psystar is Toast -- What? You're Surprised?

ArchiveExplorer Autozone Bilski BK Timeline Cast: Lawyers Contracts Courts DRM GPL Grokdoc HTML How To IBM Timeline Legal Docs MS Litigation Novell Appeal Novell Timeline Novell v. MS Novell-MS Deal ODF/OOXML OOXML Appeals Patents ProjectMonterey Psystar Quote Database Red Hat Salus Book SCO SCO Financials SCO:Soup2Nuts SCOBankruptcy Sean Daly ...

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Apple, Open Source Software, Linux, DMCA News, Computers

The INQUIRER

BBC's DRM gets a kicking from Ofcom

THE BBC'S PLAN to use digital restrictions management to copy protect Freeview high definition data has been given a good kicking by the regulator Ofcom.

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Thu Nov 12, 2009

M2.com

Cypress introduces Turbo-MTP 2.0 module for West Bridge peripheral controllers

Cypress Semiconductor Corp is introducing an upgraded module for its West Bridge peripheral controllers that offers fast sideloading solution for transfer of multimedia files from a PC to handheld device via the Media Transfer Protocol , the provider of mixed-signal, programmable solutions said on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Online Music, Science / Technology

Wed Nov 11, 2009

Daily Mail

Microsoft cuts off thousands of Xbox players caught downloading pirated games

Microsoft is clamping down on piracy by banning up to one million customers from using its services if they are caught playing illegal games.

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Related Topix: Video Games, Microsoft Xbox, Xbox 360, Science / Technology

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