Collaborate Disseminate
An unexpected side effect of the global semiconductor shortage came to light this week — Japanese printer manufacturer Canon announced they are temporarily going to provide consumable ink and toner …read more Continue reading Canon Temporarily Abandons Smart Ink Cartridges
In Europe, the printing giant is showing its customers have to circumvent restrictions on using printer cartridges. Continue reading Canon Tells Customers to Break Its Printer Cartridge DRM Due to Chip Shortage
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years, printers have been encumbered with digital rights management systems that prevent users from buying third-party ink and toner cartridges. Printer companies have claimed that their chip-e… Continue reading Chip Shortage Has Canon Telling Customers How To Defeat Its DRM
The title pretty much covers the question. I’m using Linux and, whenever I go to sites like Amazon Prime and such, if I try to watch any of their videos, the player would error out in an error code and claim that it can’t play protected co… Continue reading Why can I watch videos on Crunchyroll without having DRM content enabled in Firefox?
For their fifteenth International Day Against DRM this Friday, the Free Software Foundation’s “Defective by Design” campaign is “calling on you to help us send a message to purveyors of Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)”.
And this year they’re ta… Continue reading FSF’s Anti-DRM Campaign Plans Bad-Review Protest Against Disney+
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Advocates for the blind are fighting an endless battle to access ebooks that sighted people take for granted, working against copyright law that gives significant protections to corporate powers and publi… Continue reading Blind People Won the Right To Break eBook DRM. In 3 Years, They’ll Have To Do It Again
After the U.S. Copyright Office’s once-every-three-years review of allowed exemptions, “We have some good news to share….” reads a new announcement this week from the Free Software Foundation:
The FSF was one of several activist organizations pushin… Continue reading FSF Celebrates New Copyright Exemptions, But Renews Call For Repealing all DRM Laws
Advocates will once again be granted a DMCA exception to make accessible versions of texts. They argue that it’s far past time to make it permanent. From a report: It’s a cliche of digital life that “information wants to be free.” The internet was supp… Continue reading Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They’ll Have to Do It Again
Regular readers will likely remember the Inkplate, an open hardware electronic paper development board that combines an ESP32 with a recycled Kindle screen. With meticulous documentation and full-featured support libraries …read more Continue reading Inkplate Comes Full Circle, Becomes True Open Reader
A video game developer is abandoning the Denuvo DRM platform for its upcoming game’s PC version, blaming Denuvo-related performance issues for the decision. An anonymous reader shares an article written by Ars Technica’s Sam Machkovech: Amplitude Studi… Continue reading Denuvo DRM Removed From Upcoming Strategy Game, Dev Blames ‘Performance Impact’