In earlier posts we have written about the continuing battle between file sharing members of the public and the record and film industries, covering their attempts to discouraging infringement through legal action, and digital rights management technology. We have also reported on the seizure of domain names pointing to websites that encourage infringement. Despite these [...]
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iPads, Kindles, and eBook Piracy
As more of us buy E-readers to read books digitally, the much discussed “death of the book” debate resurfaces. Will digital books replace actual physical copies? Reportedly, on Amazon more people are buying digital versions of stories than hard bound or paper back copies. Piracy of films and music has been around for years. Now, [...]
Playing Fair – Apple, Amazon and Freedom from DRM
Along with the introduction of digital music purchases, came the rise of DRM restricting how it could be used. With traditional media, music was generally freely playable and transferable, but over the past decade we have seen more and more restrictions imposed on consumers, controlling which portable device music is played on, how many computers [...]
Digital Rights Management – Keeping Gamers Legitimate
Digital Rights Management (DRM) schemes comprise a wide range of techniques used to restrict the use of hardware, software and media – allowing publishers broad control over how the software is used by licensees. Game publishers are increasingly making use of these schemes in their attempts to combat videogame piracy. However, these efforts have significant [...]
