http://www.metafilter.com/tags/digitalrightsmanagement/rss tag posts with digitalrightsmanagement Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:46:41 -0800 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:46:41 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/37354/Blowing-off-Steam <a href="http://www.steamwatch.org/">SteamWatch: Observing Our Benefactors Since 2004</a> - "Who has control over the games I bought? It used to be me. Now it is '<a href="http://www.steampowered.com/">Steam</a>.'" <a href="http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=19642">Justifiable</a> implementation of <a href="http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20021122S0013">digital rights management</a> or <a href="http://www.petitiononline.com/nosteam/petition.html">complete insanity</a>? Anyone had any problems yet? <small>(<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/mefi/37000">11/18 Half-Life 2 thread.</a>)</small> More on <a href="http://www.xrml.org/">XrML</a>, including Karen Coyle's <a href="http://www.kcoyle.net/xrml.html">excellent survey</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.37354 Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:46:41 -0800 drm digitalrightsmanagement gaming xrml steam mrgrimm http://www.metafilter.com/18372/ <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/54/26139.html">Homer Simpson: Hack your DVD player.</a> It seems in countries in which the DVD Copy Control Authority doesn't own the government, even the giants of corpmedia don't like the "protection" features the platform foists on consumers. On Fox's Simpsons UK DVD release FAQ page, Homer himself says "I have no idea whatsoever what regional coding means. But it is essential that you buy a multi-regional player. Do it now." Is the DVD region-coding system really only relevant in the United States? tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.18372 Thu, 11 Jul 2002 05:44:34 -0800 dvd dvds encryption regions dvdregions multiregion fox simpsons thesimpsons homersimpson drm digitalrightsmanagement copyprotection Vetinari