Posts from — August 2005

Windows Vista (formerly Longhorn) will contain anti-video-piracy technologies. Vista will only output HD signals via protected connections such as HDMI and Firewire.

Source: silicon.com

Categories: BigMedia v NewTech, Broadcast Flag, DRM Restricting Use, Digital TV, HD-DVD/Blu-ray, HDMI/HDCP/ICT, Privacy

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Text of RIAA v. DMS
D&M Sells off the remaining Rio IP. The Diamond Rio was the first MP3 player. Without the Diamond Rio and its successful defence against the RIAA’s lawsuit, we may not have iPods / iTunes, downloadable music and portable music players today.
Source: Engadget

Categories: BigMedia v NewTech, Decisions, Milestones

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A number of “World of Warcraft” players are up in arms over software being used by the game’s publisher to scan users’ computers for hacks prohibited under its terms of service.
Sources: CNet  |  ZDNet  |  P2PNet  |  Blizzard’s Response

Categories: Intrusive TPMs - Rootkits, Privacy

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The spread of wireless is opening lots of opportunity to log on for free, but experts urge caution. Is it wrong? Illegal? Should it be? Check out the CNN and Dvorak articles below for insight into the topic.

Sources: CNN Money | John C. Dvorak

Related Stories:

• Illinois WiFi 'Freeloader' fined US$250 (March 23, 2006)
• Paramount Sues Man for Piracy - But Can't Find any Evidence (December 14, 2005) - a man cleverly used his unsecured wireless connection as an affirmative defense to allegations that he was pirating movies from Paramount Pictures.
• Florida Man Charged with Felony for Accessing Third-party WiFi (July 7, 2005)

Categories: WiFi Access

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The members of the Blu-ray Disc Association, a consortium for development of the upcoming Blu-ray media format, have announced the medium’s planned features for protection of content
Source: Gamasutra

Categories: BigMedia v NewTech, DRM & TPMs, HD-DVD/Blu-ray

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New digital textbooks impose strict guidelines on how the books can be used, including locking the downloaded books to a single computer and setting a five-month expiration date, after which the book can’t be read.
Source: CNet News

Categories: DRM Restricting Use

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