Good Old Games: Lack Of DRM Makes Acquiring Games Quite Difficult
You really ought to take a few mounts of your day to check out Adventure Classic Gaming’s interview with the folks behind Good Old Games, the online service that lets people download and play classic...
View ArticleEA Includes SecuROM DRM In Dragon Age II Without Telling Anyone, Bans Player...
Did EA ship the PC version of Dragon Age II with SecuROM DRM without telling anyone? It certainly looks that way. Reclaim Your Game’s analysis [PDF] of the DVD (ie non-Steam) version of the PC game...
View ArticleUbisoft Caught Using Pirated Material In PC Version Of Assassin's Creed...
How can you see with that veil pulled over your eyes? Ubisoft consistently brings the funny. The publisher will release the PC version Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood, also known as Assassin’s Creed II...
View ArticleGood For Them: Halifax Library Refuses To Carry DRM-Limited HarperCollins...
You might have heard by now of the senseless idea of HarperCollins’s that their e-books should only be able to be lent 26 times by libraries before “expiring.” Not the smartest PR move I’ve seen. But...
View ArticleThe Witcher 2 Devs: DRM Does Nothing But Drive People To Piracy
The next big PC game will be The Witcher 2, which should be released on May 12 (and if you’re cool like me you will have already pre-ordered). Unlike a certain other big RPG this year, it actually...
View ArticleDRM-Curious? You Can Create An UltraViolet Account Now
You may remember the "one DRM to rule them all" we heard about last year, UltraViolet. It's essentially a DRM scheme that all the heavy hitters are getting behind, from device makers to content...
View ArticleAn Interview With DECE/UltraViolet President Mitch Singer Goes Horribly Right
Our readers are probably familiar in passing with UltraViolet, a new content rights management system that is supposed to unify the rights architecture on the web, allowing cross-platform sharing and...
View ArticleGood DRM Makes Bad Neighbors: This Is The Content Protection Tipping Point
For people who have been doing just one thing for a long, long time, it's amazing how many content distributors get things so catastrophically wrong. These last few weeks brought us quite a few unique...
View ArticleFairPlay DRM May Be To Blame For Widespread iOS & Mac App Crashes
Developers are frustrated over what appears to be an issue with corrupt app store binaries being served by Apple, which is leading otherwise functional iOS and Mac applications to immediately crash...
View ArticleEA Apologizes For SimCity Disaster, Says It Was “Dumb” And Offers Free Game...
Electronic Arts’ SimCity was easily the most anticipated game of the season, but its launch was an unmitigated disaster because the DRM solution Electronic Arts and Maxis dreamt up means users have to...
View ArticleSimCity Could Potentially Work Offline, Modder Shows With New Hack
SimCity is getting a lot of flack from players and consumers about its policy of requiring that they remain connected to EA's servers to enjoy the game, even when playing in single-player mode. Maxis...
View ArticleIs An Always-On Xbox Indefensible Or Is Taking To Twitter Just The Wrong Way...
After a very public defense of rumors about the next Xbox's always-on Internet requirements, a new report claims that Microsoft creative director Adam Orth is no longer with the company. In a series of...
View ArticleMicrosoft Heeds Gamer Feedback, Dumps Xbox One DRM Restrictions
Attention gamers: you win. The folks at Redmond infuriated many when it revealed that the Xbox One would come with a long list of potential caveats -- there was the automated 24 hour check-in to keep...
View ArticleThis Lego Robot Strips Kindle DRM One Page Turn At A Time
In another episode of "Sticking It To The Man Through Lego" we present a spider that manually clicks through the pages of a Kindle book and then signals a computer to take a picture of the e-ink...
View ArticleMozilla Relents, Says It Will Implement HTML5 DRM Solution In Firefox
Mozilla today announced that it will reluctantly implement the HTML5 DRM standard in its Firefox browser. With more and more copyrighted content being streamed over the Internet, rights holders have...
View ArticleThe Freedom Clip Breaks Coffee Pod DRM Because Java Wants To Be Free, Man
The latest Keurig K-Cup machines have a dirty secret: built into the little ground coffee pods that so many know and love is a nefarious form of DRM. A special ink found only on real cups (and damaged...
View ArticleMozilla Launches A New Firefox Version Without DRM Support
Almost exactly a year ago, Mozilla announced that it would (very reluctantly) implement the HTML5 DRM specs into Firefox. Today, the organization officially launched HTML5 DRM support with the release...
View ArticleOculus removes hardware DRM that locked games onto its headset
An Oculus update posted today quietly removes a feature that blocked Oculus software from being played on other headsets — something that the community has been up in arms about for a month. The...
View ArticleHP issues non-apology for blocking third-party ink cartridges
HP was recently caught in the act using a "security update" to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges. After much outcry the company has relented...
View ArticleAnti-piracy firm Denuvo acquired by digital security outfit Irdeto
Denuvo's anti-piracy tech has been divisive in the gaming world, with some complaining that it restricts their gaming habits or prevents modding — but few will dispute that it has been unusually...
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