DRM Stories

Developer Hacks Denuvo DRM After Six Months of Detective Work and 2,000 Hooks 37
Ask Slashdot: Could a Form of Watermarking Prevent AI Deep Faking? 67
FSF Shares Holiday Fairy Tale Warning 'Don't Let Your Tools Control You' 25
'Copyright Troll' Porn Company 'Makes Millions By Shaming Porn Consumers' 100
Polish Hackers Repaired Trains the Manufacturer Artificially Bricked. Now The Train Company Is Threatening Them 221
Cory Doctorow: Apple Sabotages Right-to-Repair Using 'Parts-Pairing' and the DMCA 112
Denuvo Security Is Now On Switch, Including New Tech To Block PC Switch Emulation 57
AI-Generated Works Aren't Protected By Copyrights, US Judge Rules 28
Record Companies Sue Internet Archive For Preserving Old 78 Rpm Recordings 73
Google's Nightmare 'Web Integrity API' Wants a DRM Gatekeeper For the Web 163
Internet Archive Targets Book DRM Removal Tool With DMCA Takedown 20
Denuvo Wants To Convince You Its DRM Isn't 'Evil' 77
HP Finds Exciting New Way To DRM Printers 97
Internet Archive Loses in Court. Judge Rules They Can't Scan and Lend eBooks 96
Internet Archive Celebrates 1927 Works' Arrival in Public Domain with Short Film Contest 10
'We Found Subscription Menus in Our BMW Test Car. Is That Bad?' 173
Unpaid Taxes Could Destroy Porn Studio Accused of Copyright Trolling 22
'Metropolis', Sherlock Holmes Finally Enter the Public Domain 95 Years Later 87
Artists Opposing AI Image Generators Use Mickey Mouse to Goad Copyright Lawsuits 149
'AI Music Generators Could Be a Boon For Artists - But Also Problematic' 48
Copyright Concerns Make a Film Festival Pull 'People's Joker' Movie 102
Notorious DRM Company Takes Aim At Switch Piracy 27
Cory Doctorow Launches New Fight against Copyrights, Creative Chokepoints, and Big Tech's 'Chokepoint Capitalism' 49
Linux 5.19 Adds 500K Lines of New Graphics Driver Code 79
Honda Hits 3D Printing Sites With Takedown Orders Over Honda-Compatible Parts 120
Richard Stallman Speaks on the State of Free Software, and Answers Questions 112
Creative Commons Opposes Piracy-Combatting 'SMART' Copyright Act 54
Owners Of 'Gran Turismo 7' Locked Out Of Single Player Game When Online DRM Servers Go Down 118
Streaming TV Shows on Twitch Attracts DMCAs and the TV Industry's Eye of Sauron 15
Host of Youtube-dl Web Site Sued by Major Record Labels 104
Chip Shortage Has Canon Telling Customers How To Defeat Its DRM 55
Book Publishers Fight Libraries Demanding a New Deal on eBooks 92
FSF's Anti-DRM Campaign Plans Bad-Review Protest Against Disney+ 76
Blind People Won the Right To Break eBook DRM. In 3 Years, They'll Have To Do It Again 74
FSF Celebrates New Copyright Exemptions, But Renews Call For Repealing all DRM Laws 34
Over 50 PC Games Are Incompatible With Intel's Alder Lake CPUs Due To DRM 74
US Copyright Office Broadens Exemptions for Repairing Consumer Devices 19
Blind People Won the Right to Break Ebook DRM. In 3 Years, They'll Have to Do It Again 34
FSF Warns Windows 11 'Deprives Users of Freedom and Digital Autonomy' 121
YouTube Blocks 31st Ig Nobel Awards Ceremony, Citing Copyright on a Recording from 1914 130
Fight Piracy With a Blockchain-Based Bounty System, Suggest Microsoft Researchers 53
After YouTube-dl Incident, GitHub's DMCA Process Now Includes Free Legal Help 30
Denuvo DRM Removed From Upcoming Strategy Game, Dev Blames 'Performance Impact' 56
Music Streaming Inquiry Finds 'Pitiful Returns' For Performers 108
'By 2030, You Won't Own Any Gadgets' 259
To Help Livestreamers Avoid Copyright Violations, Riot Games Releases an Uncopyrighted Album 31
Why the Music Industry Doesn't Hate YouTube Any More 44
EFF Argues 'If Not Overturned, a Bad Copyright Decision Will Lead Many Americans to Lose Internet Access' 89
Xbox Series X DRM Makes It Near Impossible To Play Games Offline 54
Hardware Hacker Breaks the DRM On a Mini Dishwasher 148
'Monopolists and Oligopolists' May Be Devastating the Lives of Recording Artists 130
Apple Told to Pay $308.5 Million for Infringing DRM Patent 44
Twitch Censors Live Metallica Performance with Dorkiest Music Imaginable 43
EFF Launches New Podcast: How to Fix the Internet 76
HP Replaces 'Free Ink for Life' Plan With '99 Cents a Month Or Your Printer Stops Working' 193
EFF Argues RIAA is 'Abusing DMCA' to Take Down YouTube-DL 49
Twitch Suddenly Mass-Deletes Thousands of Videos, Citing Music Copyright Claims 75
Cory Doctorow Crowdfunds His New Audiobook to Protest Amazon/Audible DRM 76
Archivists Want Broader DMCA Exemption for 'Abandoned' Online Games 45
HBO Max Cranks Up the Widevine DRM, Leaves Linux Users in the Cold 112
Hacker Bypasses GE's Ridiculous Refrigerator DRM 127
Bethesda Apparently Broke Its Own Denuvo Protection For Doom Eternal 105
Activision Fights 'Call of Duty' Leaks With Subpoenas to Reddit 29
'The Rise of Skywalker' Is a Preview of Our DRM-Fueled Dystopian Future 78
The Curse of Outdated DRM Claims Another Vicim, 'Tron: Evolution' 162
Today's 'Day Against DRM' Protests Locks On Educational Materials 16
Ask Slashdot: How Will Abandonware Work With Today's DRM Locked Games? 153
Judges Begin Ruling Against Some Porn Purveyors' Use of Copyright Lawsuits 39
EFF Warns Proposed Law Could Create 'Life-Altering' Copyright Lawsuits 117
A Look at How Movies and Shows From Netflix and Amazon Prime Video Are Pirated 219
Microsoft Store's eBooks Will Soon 'Stop Working' When It Closes Their DRM Server 161
Alexa Scientists Claim Audio Watermarking Technique Nearing 100% Accuracy 85
To Avoid Demonetization, YouTube and Twitch Streamers Sing Badly Over Copyrighted Songs 86
Free Software Foundation: Dating Is a Free Software Issue 135
Security Researcher Cracks Google's Widevine DRM (L3 Only) 76
Why Sleep Apnea Patients Rely On a Lone, DRM-Breaking CPAP Machine Hacker 154
Hitman 2's Denuvo DRM Cracked Days Before the Game's Release 111
Feds Say Hacking DRM To Fix Your Electronics Is Legal 124
Sony Tries Using Blockchain Tech For Next-Gen DRM 100
'It's Always DRM's Fault' 172
Farmer Lobbying Group Sells Out Farmers, Helps Enshrine John Deere's Tractor Repair Monopoly 148
$11M Worth of Legally-Purchased Music Will Be Confiscated From Florida's Prisoners 309
GOG Launches FCKDRM To Promote DRM-Free Art and Media 150
Will JPEG's Next 'Privacy and Security' Features Include DRM? 155
Intel Sends in a Final Batch Of DRM Feature Updates Targeting Linux 4.19 49
Google is Adding Anti-Tampering DRM To Android Apps in the Play Store 177
Lawrence Lessig Criticizes Proposed 140-Year Copyright Protections 175
Flight-Sim Maker Threatens Legal Action Over Reddit Posts Discussing DRM 175
Appliance Companies Are Lobbying To Protect Their DRM-Fueled Repair Monopolies 143
Ask Slashdot: What Would Happen If Everything On the Internet Was DRM Protected? 190
Project Gutenberg Blocks German Users After Outrageous Court Ruling 265
Pirates Crack Microsoft's UWP Protection, Five Layers of DRM Defeated 138
Blizzard Issues DMCA Notice to a Fan-Run 'WoW' Legacy Server 308
Filmmakers Want The Right To Break DRM and Rip Blu-Rays 107
DMCA Exemption Sought to Save 'Abandoned' Online Games 59
Why Linux HDCP Isn't the End of the World 136
Denuvo's DRM Now Being Cracked Within Hours of Release 113
Hollywood's International War on Kodi Plugins And Video-Streaming Boxes 57
Corporations Just Quietly Changed How the Web Works 248
EFF Resigns From Web Consortium In Wake of EME DRM Standardization 221
HTML5 DRM Standard Is a Go 154
Can Blockchain Save The Music Industry? 129
Warner Music Files Copyright Claim on A Silent 'Star Wars' Video On YouTube 73
EU Sides With RIAA, Says YouTube Underpays For Music Streaming 82
EFF Officially Appeals Tim Berners-Lee Decision On DRM In HTML 149
FSF Sees Hopeful Signs Before Sunday's 'Day Against DRM' 124
Tim Berners-Lee Approves Web DRM, But W3C Members Have Two Weeks To Appeal 137
O'Reilly No Longer Selling Individual Books, Videos Online 82
New 'Lupin III' Commentary Track Celebrates The Glories Of Ignoring Copyrights 71
Studio-Defying VidAngel Launches New Video-Filtering Platform 201
'Rime' Developer Keeps Promise, Removes Denuvo DRM After Game Gets Cracked 133
The Lawyer Who Founded Prenda Law Just Got Disbarred 62
Netflix Says No To Unlocked Android Smartphones 255
EFF Warns Most Of Intel's Chipsets Contain 'A Security Hazard' 158
FSF Supports Today's Boston March Against DRM In HTML5 89
DRM Will Be Gone By 2025, Predicts Cory Doctorow 191
An Open Letter on DRM To the Inventor of the Web, From the Inventor of Net Neutrality 46
Richard Stallman Interviewed By Bryan Lunduke 172
The Kodi Development Team Wants To Be Legitimate and Bring DRM To the Platform. 156
American Farmers Are Still Fighting Tractor Software Locks 316
FSF Activists Want You To Call Tim Berners-Lee About DRM 126
W3C Erects DRM As Web Standard 260
How Seven Movie Studios Forced A Pirated Movie Site Offline 136
A Prenda Copyright Troll Finally Pleaded Guilty 46
Free Software Foundation Challenges Tim Berners-Lee On DRM 207
DRM Company Denuvo Forgets To Secure Its Server, Leaks Two Years Of Emails 77
Windows DRM-Protected Files Used To Decloak Tor Browser Users 150
Google Quietly Makes 'Optional' Web DRM Mandatory In Chrome 95
VidAngel Keeps Streaming Videos, Defying Movie Studios and a US Judge 163
4K Netflix Arrives On Windows 10, But Only Via Microsoft's Edge Browser 126
President Obama Gives Up On The Trans-Pacific Partnership 355
DRM is Used to Lock in, Control and Spy on Users, Says Free Software Foundation 72
EA Blocks 'Origin' Access In Six Countries, Citing US Embargoes 121
Shadow Warrior 2 Developers Say DRM Is a Waste of Time 99
PC-BSD Follows a Rolling Release Model, Gets Renamed To TrueOS 132
Kim Dotcom Will Revive Megaupload, Linking File Transfers To Bitcoin Microtransactions 76
BitTorrent Cases Filed By Malibu Media Will Proceed, Rules Judge 69
'SingularDTV' Will Use Ethereum For DRM On A Sci-Fi TV Show 78
Cory Doctorow On What iPhone's Missing Headphone Jack Means For Music Industry 394
EFF Asks FTC To Demand 'Truth In Labeling' For DRM 122
EFF Is Suing the US Government To Invalidate the DMCA's DRM Provisions 93
Sega Saturn's DRM Cracked Almost 23 Years After Launch 96
That Digital Music Service You Love Is a Terrible Business 240
Aaron Swartz Ebook's DRM Has Been Cracked 63
Oculus Ditches DRM Hurdle, Allows HTC Vive Games On Rift Again 37
Oculus No Longer Lets Customers Move Purchased Software To Non-Oculus Hardware 78
Researchers Help Shut Down Spam Botnet That Enslaved 4,000 Linux Machines 47
Researchers Find iOS Malware That Infects Non-Jailbroken Devices 39
In Japan, a Battle Brewing Over the Right To Record 4k and 8k Broadcasts 105
FTDI Driver Breaks Hardware Again 268
Pirates Finding It Harder To Crack New PC Games 364
JavaScript User Prohibitions Are Like Content DRM, But Even Less Effective 188
Philips Won't Block Third-Party Bulbs After All 110
Lightbulb DRM: Philips Locks Purchasers Out of 3rd-Party Bulbs With New Firmware 358
DRM Circumvention Now Lawful For More Devices 106
Is Amazon Harming the E-reader Category? 200
DRM In JPEGs? 301
EFF: the Final Leaked TPP Text Is All That We Feared 399
How the Car Industry Has Hidden Its Software Behind the DMCA 126
The Forgotten Tale of Cartrivision's 1972 VCR 92
WSJ: We Need the Right To Repair Our Gadgets 345
Why Car Info Tech Is So Thoroughly At Risk 192
Regionally Encoded Toner Cartridges 'to Serve Customers Better' 379
Movie Studio Sues Individual Popcorn Time Users For Infringement 144
FirefoxOS-Based Matchstick Project Ends; All Money To Be Refunded 128
EU May Become a Single Digital Market of 500 Million People 132
Microsoft Edge, HTML5, and DRM 140
Aussie ISP Bakes In Geo-dodging For Netflix, Hulu 40
Cory Doctorow Talks About Fighting the DMCA (2 Videos) 48
Apple Music and the Terrible Return of DRM 260
The Bizarre Process Used For Approving Exemptions To the DMCA 69
Firefox 38 Arrives With DRM Required To Watch Netflix 371
Keurig Stock Drops, Says It Was Wrong About DRM Coffee Pods 369
GOG Announces Open Beta For New Game Distribution Platform 104
Microsoft, Chip Makers Working On Hardware DRM For Windows 10 PCs 304
EFF Fighting Automakers Over Whether You Own Your Car 292
EU Commission Divided Over Nation-Specific Content Blocking 57
Jury Tells Apple To Pay $532.9 Million In Patent Suit 186
Starting This Week, Wireless Carriers Must Unlock Your Phone 100
DMCA Exemption Campaign Would Let Fans Run Abandoned Games 157
Kickstarted Firefox OS HDMI Dongle Delayed, DRM Support Being Added 106
Farmers Struggling With High-Tech Farm Equipment 194
Ubisoft Revokes Digital Keys For Games Purchased Via Unauthorised Retailers 468
EFF: Apple's Dev Agreement Means No EFF Mobile App For iOS 220
Netflix Cracks Down On VPN and Proxy "Pirates" 437
How Laws Restricting Tech Actually Expose Us To Greater Harm 116
An Automated Cat Litter Box With DRM 190
Apple Wins iTunes DRM Case 191
Keurig 2.0 Genuine K-Cup Spoofing Vulnerability 270
Apple DRM Lawsuit Loses Last Plaintiff, but Judge Rules Against Dismissal 71
Apple DRM Lawsuit Might Be Dismissed: Plaintiffs Didn't Own Affected iPods 141
Dragon Age: Inquisition Reviewed and Benchmarked 91
10-Year-Old iTunes DRM Lawsuit Heading To Trial 246
Denuvo DRM Challenges Game Crackers 187
Mozilla Teams Up With Humble Bundle To Offer Eight Plugin-Free Games 67
Adobe Spies On Users' eBook Libraries 150
Apple To Face $350 Million Trial Over iPod DRM 135
Microsoft Kills Off Its Trustworthy Computing Group 99
Netflix Now Works On Linux With HTML5 DRM Video Support In Chrome 201
Free Copy of the Sims 2 Contains SecuROM 234
Amazon Is Testing a $10-Per-Month Ebook Service 87
Want To Resell Your Ebooks? You'd Better Act Fast 72
Physical Media: Down, But Maybe Not Out 116
Netflix Ditches Silverlight For HTML5 On Macs 202
Kaleidescape Settles With DVD CCA But No Victory For DRM 76
Did Mozilla Have No Choice But To Add DRM To Firefox? 406
Free Software Foundation Condemns Mozilla's Move To Support DRM In Firefox 403
Adobe Creative Cloud Services Offline (Again?) 164
How Firefox Will Handle DRM In HTML 361
$200 For a Bound Textbook That You Can't Keep? 252
DreamWorks Animation CEO: Movie Downloads Will Move To Pay-By-Screen-Size 347
The Witcher 3 and Projekt Red's DRM-Free Stand 115
How Much Data Plan Bandwidth Is Wasted By DRM? 200
Kickstarted Veronica Mars Promised Digital Download; Pirate Bay Delivers 243
The Next Keurig Will Make Your Coffee With a Dash of "DRM" 769
Adobe's New Ebook DRM Will Leave Existing Users Out In the Cold Come July 304
DRM Has Always Been a Horrible Idea 281
Trans-Pacific Partnership Includes Unwanted Elements of SOPA 129
German Court: Open Source Project Liable For 3rd Party DRM-Busting Coding 178
DRM To Be Used In Renault Electric Cars 231
Battlefield 4 DRM Locking Out Part of North America Until EU Release 312
Would You Secure Personal Data With DRM Tools? 101
The W3C Sells Out Users Without Seeming To Get Anything In Return 348
Tim Berners-Lee, W3C Approve Work On DRM For HTML 5.1 307
Ask Slashdot: How To Deliver a Print Magazine Online, While Avoiding Piracy? 298
How DRM Won 221
Reject DRM and You Risk Walling Off Parts of the Web, Says W3C Chief 433
Microsoft Kills Xbox One Phone-Home DRM 547
Altering Text In eBooks To Track Pirates 467
DRM: How Book Publishers Failed To Learn From the Music Industry 212
EFF Makes Formal Objection to DRM In HTML5 270
DRM In HTML5 — Better Than the Alternative? 268
Coursera Partners With Chegg To Offer Gratis, DRMed Textbooks for Courses 91
Today Is International Day Against DRM 256
RMS Urges W3C To Reject On Principle DRM In HTML5 320
Ask Slashdot: Are There Any Good Reasons For DRM? 684
New Console Always-Online Requirements and You 435
What's Actually Wrong With DRM In HTML5? 447
The Dark Side of Amazon's New Pilots 312
Amazon Debuts Mixed Bag of Original Comedy Pilots 67
Netflix Wants To Go HTML5, But Not Without DRM 394
Microsoft Game Director Adam Orth Resigns Following Xbox Comments 261
Microsoft Apologizes For Cavalier 'Always-Online' DRM Tweets 236
EA Responds To Its Appearance In the 'Worst Company In America' Poll 208
Microsoft Creative Director 'Doesn't Get' Always-On DRM Concerns 572
WHSmith Putting DRM In EBooks Without Permission From the Authors 88
Defend the Open Web: Keep DRM Out of W3C Standards 351
Ask Slashdot: What Is a Reasonable Way To Deter Piracy? 687
The Real Purpose of DRM 213
Electronics Arts CEO Ousted In Wake of SimCity Launch Disaster 427

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