Collaborate Disseminate
“Creators aren’t getting paid,” says Cory Doctorow. “That’s because powerful corporations have figured out how to create chokepoints — that let them snatch up more of the value generated by creative work before it reaches creative workers.”
Don’t look up! As of the time of this writing, there’s a decent chance that a Chinese Long March 5B booster has already completed its uncontrolled return to Earth, hopefully …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: July 31, 2022
I was just watching premium content on a tech learning web application. I noticed that when I opened a snipping tool the video gone hid. I then searched for it and ended up at Multi-DRM protection which is simply mechanism to protect such … Continue reading Is Multi-DRM actually protecting content
For our money, the best label for pretty much any purpose is one of those embossed Dymo-style stick-on labels, the kind with the raised white letters. There’s just something about …read more Continue reading DIY Automated Printer Kerchunks Out Classic Embossed Labels
I’ve noticed I can’t take screenshots of videos in Star+. When I paste whatever I tried to shot, it comes all black (subtitles however are visible). After some research, I found out it happens with other streaming services as well. It look… Continue reading How do screenshot blocking technologies work?
DYMO 550 series printer marketing blurb says “The DYMO® LabelWriter® 550 Turbo label printer comes with unique Automatic Label Recognition™”, which, once translated from marketing-ese, means “this printer has DRM …read more Continue reading #FreeDMO Gets Rid Of DYMO Label Printer DRM
The non-profit Creative Commons (founded by Lawrence Lessig) opposes a new anti-piracy bill that “proposes to have the US Copyright Office mandate that all websites accepting user-uploaded material implement technologies to automatically filter that co… Continue reading Creative Commons Opposes Piracy-Combatting ‘SMART’ Copyright Act
According to Techdirt’s Timothy Geigner, Gran Turismo 7 on the PlayStation was recently rendered unplayable because the DRM servers that require an online check to play the game crumbled during a maintenance window. From the report: “The scheduled serv… Continue reading Owners Of ‘Gran Turismo 7’ Locked Out Of Single Player Game When Online DRM Servers Go Down
If there’s one thing that can trigger people, it’s the printer racket. Printer manufacturers who put DRM-like features into their consumables are rightly viewed as Satan’s spawn, and while these …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: February 27, 2022
This week Techspot reported that DRM-laden Ultra HD Blu-ray Discs won’t play anymore on computers using the latest Intel Core processors. You may have skimmed right past it, but the table …read more Continue reading SGX Deprecation Prevents PC Playback of 4K Blu-ray Discs