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DRM – a big win for Loathsome Monopolist view story

8 votes

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://technocrat.net/d/2008/1/2/...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"Recently I came to conclusion that Microsoft is the company, which profits most from the Digital Rights Management."
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Wal-Mart shuts DRM infested movie service view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inq...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"they have no recourse, have no one to go to with a problem, can not transfer their videos to a new machine, can no longer re-download them, and in general, are screwed. Another victim of DRM."
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Don't let DRM get between you and a good book view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://defectivebydesign.org/DRME...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"Amazon, Sony, and others want to change the way you read: They want to put locks on your books. Their "ebook readers" use Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) technology to control how, what, and when you can read."
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Nokia to infect phones with Microsoft DRM view story

7 votes

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.itwire.com/index.php?o...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
DISGUSTING!
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Vendor of Linux-based DVR "unlocks" DRM view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"Neuros is hoping to encourage the use of open-standard "DRM-Free" files that can be stored and played anywhere, while at the same time promoting a new logo for use by DRM-free products."
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Human-to-human bird flu case confirmed - Bird Flu - MSNBC.com view story

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- Submitted by Bdog2g2
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22410...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
The World Health Organization confirmed a single case of human-to-human transmission of the bird flu virus in a Pakistani family.
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Adobe Digital Editions: a Fraud! view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://beranger.org/index.php?pag...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"I am not decided yet whose fraud is bigger: Adobe's one, or that of the e-book publishers who infamously market the digital content for Adobe Digital Editions as content for Adobe Reader?"
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Apple to copy Windows DRM view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inq...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"TOYMAKER Apple has decided that Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage is so wonderful that it is trying to patent something similar."
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Avoid the Vista badge, it means DRM inside view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://www.theinquirer.net/en/inq...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"DRM infections have no positives for the user, there is literally no good that you get from them. Everything they do is negative under each and every scenario."
Vista’s content "protection" caught in real life view story

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- Submitted by CyberPhoenix
- 11 months ago
- (http://ilikeellipses.com/2007/12/...)
- Became popular 11 months ago
"My main monitor went black and white and remained so through out the whole shutdown process. So I’m thinking to myself that something in the install tripped the copy protection module of Vista.something about updating my driver."