I Hate DRM

Saturday, April 01, 2006 - Posts

• Windows, DRM, and You; What you should know about the next version of Windows

  Microsoft's next version of Windows is called Vista.  It will feature many new improvements but the one I'm interested in is called Protected Video Path - Output Protection Management (PVP-OPM).  This essentially forces a check to make sure Read More posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 1:30 PM by IHateDRMAdmin | 2 Comments Filed Under: DRM and Piracy

• Whoops: Google Ads with pro-DRM

  As soon as www.boingboing.net (http://www.boingboing.net/2006/03/29/site_dedicated_to_ha.html) picked up my site, I saw a rush of people.  In fact, I used up all of my bandwidth for the month in one day.  I had to reallocate a bunch of stuff Read More posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 12:29 PM by IHateDRMAdmin | 3 Comments

• Ubisoft Sued for US 5mil; next Starforce

  Well we knew this was going to happen.  After Sony's problems with DRM and rootkits, you would think that publishers would think twice about putting this junk into games.  Oh wait, all of us gamers are 12 year olds who use our allowance to buy Read More posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 3:18 AM by IHateDRMAdmin | 1 Comments

• Worst DRM system yet: Advanced Access Content System (AACS)

  So I just posted an article about Microsoft's and Sony's new HD-DVD formats.  HD-DVD and Blu-ray will both support AACS.  Why is this a big deal?  It's a big deal because it is probably the most restrictive, worst form of DRM to date.  Read More posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 2:48 AM by IHateDRMAdmin | 8 Comments

• DRM Galore: Get ready for HD-DVD and Blu-ray

  First a little background.  For those of you who don't know, current DVD players only play back video in 480 lines of resolution (standard non-HD format).  Some TVs and DVD players have logic in them to simmulate 960 lines of resolution and Read More posted Saturday, April 01, 2006 2:47 AM by IHateDRMAdmin | 4 Comments