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Netflix’s Instant Watching coming to Macs via Silverlight

, Oct 27th 2008 Discuss [0]

Thanks to Microsoft, Netflix subscribers can now access Watch Instantly service via MS’s Silverlight technology on their Intel –based Macs. The company has a growing library of 12,000 movies and episodes of TV shows available for its unlimited plans customers to stream online, but were limited to PC users due to lack of supports from Apple in DRM licensing. Not anymore, the online version of Red Envelop has adopted Microsoft latest generation of Silverlight to enable protected content playback on Windows and Apple machines. Read The Full Story

Walmart DRM servers get a reprieve

, Oct 10th 2008 Discuss [0]

Walmart has backtracked on its decision to shut down the DRM servers authenticating music tracks purchased from its MP3 Downloads store.  In a message sent to service users, Walmart cites "feedback from our customers" as the motivation for the turnaround, having announced last month that it would take the systems offline as it transitioned to DRM-free MP3s.  Read The Full Story

RealNetworks file preemptive lawsuit against movie studios

, Sep 30th 2008 Discuss [0]

RealNetworks launched their RealDVD software today and just one hour after it was made available, the company filed a lawsuit against Hollywood movie studios and the DVD Copy Control Association in a preemptive move to ensure the software does not violate any DVD copy agreements.   Read The Full Story

Yahoo! Music offer MP3 download coupons to DRM victims

, Jul 31st 2008 Discuss [1]

Yahoo! Music have announced their compensation plans for downloaders whose DRM-encrypted tracks will be left stranded on current devices once the company's licencing servers go offline.  Coupons will be issued allowing users to re-download music in MP3 format from Yahoo!'s new partner, Rhapsody.  Describing the amount of users affected by the issue as a "small number", spokesperson Carrie Davis declined to go into detail about exact figures. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! Music promises to ‘compensate’ download users

, Jul 28th 2008 Discuss [1]

After surprising subscribers with the suggestion that they should bypass their own DRM, Yahoo! Music are now claiming that they will "compensate" those who have bought tracks from the service and for whom the DRM servers going offline would prevent future re-licencing.  Company spokesperson Carrie Davis told Information Week that Yahoo! would be examining situations on a case-by-case basis, although she couldn't disclose exactly what they would be offering:

"You'll be compensated for whatever you paid for the music.  We haven't said exactly what we will do, but we will take care of our customers" Carrie Davis, spokesperson, Yahoo! Music
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Yahoo! Music closing shop, suggests bypassing DRM to users

, Jul 25th 2008 Discuss [4]

Yahoo! Music have announced that their online store will close as of September 30th 2008.  In an email to subscribers, the company also confirmed that on that date their DRM-authentication server would go offline, meaning that anybody who had bought tracks from the store would be unable to transfer them to another computer:

"After the Store closes, Yahoo! will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for music purchased from Yahoo! Music Unlimited, and Yahoo! will no longer be able to authorize song playback on additional computers. After September 30, 2008, you will not be able to transfer songs to unauthorized computers or re-license these songs after changing operating systems. Please note that your purchased tracks will generally continue to play on your existing authorized computers unless there is a change to the computer's operating system" Yahoo! Music email
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EA backs down on crappy DRM for Mass Effect

, May 12th 2008 Discuss [1]

I love the age we live in. It's a time when not only does everyone have a voice on the internet, but we can also be heard. In the old days if you were upset about something, you'd write a letter to someone important, or perhaps if you felt strongly enough you might start a protest. However, if a company decides to load down a new game with really crappy DRM, thousands of people start complaining about it online, and then something gets done about it. Read The Full Story

NuVo upgrades their music server to 500GB – upgrade from your 160GB version

, Apr 15th 2008 Discuss [0]

Alright, I’ll admit, I’m impressed with NuVo and the systems they offer. However it seems they should probably let someone else make the music servers if a 500GB music server is going to sell for $3000. The thin profile of this component, sleek design, triple outputs, networking capabilities, and OLED screen make it an interesting proposition. Read The Full Story

USB to Carry HD Video with DRM

, Dec 17th 2007 Discuss [0]

A new variant of USB will be announced on next year to implement HD DRM content used in personal media players or mobile device and Digital Display. The wired version from USB Implementers Forum is designed to move compressed high def video between displays and mobile devices. The technology allows developer to implement HDMI existing HDCP layer on top of the new USB variant. Read The Full Story

BitTorrent Saves The Day For Evil Doer

, Sep 3rd 2007 Discuss [0]

In one of the more recent issues of a Fantastic Four comic, there was a villain named Klaw. This particular villain has a device that utilizes sound to create physical objects, including himself in some weird turn of events. In the story, someone else steals his power essentially ridding himself of his own existence. Well one of his fellow evil doers wasn’t to keen on Klaw’s absence so he did something about it. Read The Full Story

Zune DRM Cracked

, Jul 16th 2007 Discuss [0]

FairUse4WM only removed the restrictions up until now. The DRM is cracked and users of version 1.3 of the FairUse4WM software are reporting that the new software completely removes the DRM from Zune music. Read The Full Story

EMI and Apple offer DRM-free Music on iTunes

, Apr 2nd 2007 Discuss [2]

I don’t like DRM, never did and I think many consumer like me feels the same way about it. Apple and EMI finally step up to the plate offering high quality and DRM-free music on iTunes. EMI has made their music available without restrictions with slightly higher price at $1.29/€1.29/£0.99 per track. If you have already purchase the track with DRM protection on it, you will be able to upgrade your tracks to DRM-free version for $0.30/€0.30/£0.20 per track. These DRM-free tracks will be available starting this May. Read The Full Story
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