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- Canadian Conservatives vow to implement new copyright law
- Candians who vote to re-elect the Conservative government next week will also be voting for an archly pro-copyright agenda. According to the party's official platform released yesterday: A re-elected Conservative government led by Stephen Harper will reintroduce federal copyright legislation that strikes the appropriate balance among the rights of...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Forget the damn netbooks. Can âÂÂWindowsâ replace Windows?
- Forget the damn netbooks. Can âWindowsâ replace Windows?It's not about Windowsbut It's about pirated Windows. In my country, you will rarely see a person who willing to buy a genuine copy of Windowseven the rich people except it's coming with the PC they buy. So, if they couldn't afford a...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offering
- Microsoft quietly halts sales of third-party activation offeringWhat now if you use MS SLPS?This is a very disconcerting time for software vendors. With a major recession on the way, they need all the help they can get to fight piracy and offer flexible revenue-generation options for their customers to stand...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Apple wins royalty rate showdown
- Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-03
- VIDEO: iTunes, mp3 rippers paved the way for RealDVD
- There's another legal showdown brewing between Hollywood and the techies. RealNetworks and the motion picture studios are headed off to court over RealDVD, just-released software that allows users to rip their personal DVD collections into a PC or portable hard drive. Yeah, just like everyone's been doing with music CDs...
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaint
- RealDVD: A walk through the complaintRealMEHI'd love a way to legally copy my DVDs to my computer's HD so I can watch them without a disc in the drive. However, I'd never buy anything from Real to do it.Software doesn't copy DVDs...... people do. Real might want to talk...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobedo you honestly this this fixwill last? I can almost guarantee by the time you read this, there is a work around. "just use the google" and ye shall find.the most effective way to curb "piracy" is to ask for reasonable prices, gouge...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-30
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe
- Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said. SEATTLE--Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems encryption on all television shows and...
- News items 2008-09-30
- Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads
- Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloadsWho wrote this?!?Because whoever did needs to take a quick look at their article and proofread it.This article makes it sound like this vulnerability will mean certain death to content providers' business model and no one is going to pay for it unless...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- Hole in Adobe software allows free movie downloads
- A security hole in Adobe Systems' software is giving users free access to record and copy from Amazon.com's video streaming service. NEW YORK--A security hole in Adobe Systems' software, used to distribute movies and TV shows over the Internet, is giving users free access to record and copy from...
- News items 2008-09-29
- Apple TV: End of an error?
- Apple TV: End of an error?Microsoft crushed Apple in the living room.First off, AppleTV was only called a hobby by Jobs AFTER it was clear that it was going to be an unmitigated disaster. Has he EVER released any sales figures on this thing? Second, the combination of Windows Media...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-29
- EA threatens to ban users who talk about DRM ... or not
- EA threatens to ban users who talk about DRM ... or notSeems people do sue EA over this DRM....Did I already mention that EA will have SecuROM in all it's future games in one form or another?If the article hyperlink below has any truth to it I forsee alot more...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRM
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRMPirate = Potential Lost Sale. Myself = Definate Lost Sale.I am not buying this game because of it, and I really wanted to as well.I don't understand the mentality of EA. If EA consider a pirate as a lost sale why not...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-25
- EA Spore backlash could help end DRM
- Guest editorial by Oliver Day The backlash over DRM has finally started to gather serious momentum. Everyday consumers started a campaign to give the highly anticipated game Spore one-star ratings on Amazon. Thousands of Amazon users labeled Spore a poor choice because of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- Spore hit by class-action lawsuit over DRM
- Spore hit by class-action lawsuit over DRMI don't know... seems a lot of people are enraged...... over the introduction of such a DRM system to their computers. I've read numerous incidents where people have to constantly restart their game, uninstall the games to get another program running, etc...Also it...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Adobe launches Creative Suite 4; Likely to top low expectations
- Adobe launches Creative Suite 4; Likely to top low expectationsCS4Adobe has gotten better than Micro$oft in picking my pocket. I'm skipping CS4 and sticking with CS3.CS3 = hell of bugsCS3 was fully of bugs, let's see with CS4 (NOT!).RE: Adobe launches Creative Suite 4; Likely to top low expectationsI can't...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-24
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal DownloadsBlackmailThis is blackmail by the richest companies in the world.RICH STEALING AGAIN FROM THE POOR.No doubt they won't use it against Third world countries where people can't afford to eat, or WILL THEY?Personally I like to listen to tracks for week or two before...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Now Debuting: One-Click Payment For Illegal Downloads
- Frank Zappa again is a mother of invention. Since Friday, songs of the experimental musician, dead now for almost 15 years, have been used to test a one-click system for getting payments from individuals who download works of artists illegally. ...
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pig
- DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigRE: DECE - Lipstick on the DRM pigAs long as there is any DRM involve, this is for me.Buy Once -> *cough* *cough* -> Play Anywhere. Unfortunately, not everyone knows how to *cough* *cough* :DWho audits their books?Curious, who is the auditor of Apple's...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-16
- Microsoft joins the 'everyone but Apple' digital-media coalition
- Microsoft joins the 'everyone but Apple' digital-media coalitionAn elaborate consumer control systemAny consumer who willingly signs on to this is either naive, or a complete idiot. Do not allow companies to monitor your activities, and ultimately control you, then insult you by saying that you are in control. This is...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-15
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