DRM Stories for 2016

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

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