DRM

How to block Adblock

With the way publishers go on about them, you’d be forgiven for thinking ad-blockers were going to destroy the universe. In a desperate effort to stem the whinging, I’ve written some code to help them be as obnoxious as they like on their own sites.

What I’ve written is technically DRM 2.0. Please don’t hate me.

Apple fans why can’t you just be happy?

After Apple introduces DRM-free tracks into iTunes people are getting in a hissy after they found out their personal information is injected into bought tracks

Seagate is about to shaft us in the DRM

Seagate have today released their first DRM-infected hard disk. It’s a feature they’re calling “Drive Trust”

France to apple: “No DRM”

It’s a common view that the EU and all its member states hate everything to do with software patents when it comes to bit US companies. MS has been hit in the past with millions of dollars of fines and forced to release new SKUs of Windows XP to conform with EU anti-trust rulings but now France is taking on Apple.

Copy Protection Is Killing The Industry

Treating customers like criminals isn’t going to fix things for anyone