digital rights

The evolving world of operating systems has become a battleground where convenience, security, and control often clash in unexpected ways. Recent commentary has spotlighted how both Apple and Microsoft impose restrictions that can feel less like protective measures and more like self-serving...

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Hello, I would like to load up USBs with songs and talks. Then I would like to copy protect them. The user should be able to see the list of songs or talks and can select the one they want to listen. But they should not be able to copy it onto their PC and then freely distribute it. I have...

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Microsoft recently released an update kb3086255 which disables two old style DRM's Securom and Safedisc. This means that any games still using this old style of Digital Rights Management will not work under Windows 10. This is to address security concerns and if your truly desperate to play...

Thinking about it we are so lucky to live in a, democratic country , where freedom of thought and speech is allowed . Not all are so lucky, some people live in undemocratic countries were even the Internet is censored ! :p

Hello, I am running Windows 7 64bit. I've some issue on my system which is driving me nuts. I can't view encryted films from Lovefilms. Internet purchases via credit card fails on the very last step .. the bit after the extra verification step for Visa Debit.. the page has reset... Well they...

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The infamous Wikileaks is facing a major hurdle . Credit card companies and financial services of various kinds are refusing to forward payment to Wikileaks ! Wikileak has been forced to stop it's activities while it tries to resolve the problem . I for my part wonder about the legality of the...

Hello all, I am the equipment manager for a DJ service. I recently talked my boss into letting me build windows based systems for our DJ's to use instead of a prebuilt DJ console that would cost more than twice what my design would. One of the biggest concerns we have is the ease of one of our...

Understanding Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) Abuse Addressing the issue of DMCA violations in forum postings and other online areas. Establishing a positive relationship between forum users and forum team members regarding this issue. Explaining the purpose and general rationale of...

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The Oatmeal vs. FunnyJunk: webcomic copyright fight gets personal : Matthew Inman, creator of webcomic The Oatmeal, tried to ignore the rampant online copying of his work—until he found that his entire output was mirrored on a user-generated content site called FunnyJunk. Microsoft gives the...

Link RemovedUse of Microsoft Copyrighted Content Published: April 26, 2005 | Updated: November 13, 2009 Microsoft products and services—including images, text, and software downloads (the "content")—are owned either by Microsoft Corporation or by third parties who have granted Microsoft...

Google is preparing to launch a test version of a new digital music service that will enable users to upload their music libraries to the company's servers. "This is a personal storage service that doesn't require licenses anymore than Sony and iPod or a hard drive requires licenses...

As Windows users, Link Removed or not, we depend on proprietary software every day. It's a single company. Microsoft. Their only goal is to make money and we are at their mercy. It's almost like an addiction and they're the dealer. I started thinking about this recently when I read a study...

Look, I've been poking around this site for a bit now- not to mention about the web in general- and, I'm sure that somewhere, there might actually be a straight-forward answer to this (no doubt here-but, again, I couldn't seem to find it)- so, please forgive me for what is probably (yet another)...