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Posted by: jmet, 11:44, October 22, 2009 |
Walt Disney Co. is close to unveiling technology that will enable consumers to have legal rights to view on multiple platforms without physically having ... More |
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Posted by: jmet, 02:17, September 13, 2009 |
PC gaming software is one of the highest pirated media out there but Eidos gaming is trying a new method to combat piracy rather than forcing unwanted methods ... More |
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Posted by: jmet, 13:30, August 26, 2009 |
Only hours after a Swedish court had The Pirate Bay site taken down by putting a choke hold on the responsible ISP, the site's ISP claimed it was hacked and the ... More |
posted by: jmet, 23:20, August 13, 2009
It turns out that the court has sided with the MPAA in the statement that the RealDVD software, which copies DVD, is in fact against the DMCA
posted by: jmet, 12:48, July 30, 2009
Reports are coming out that the Pirate Bay acquistion by GGF has taken a turn the wrong way and now they aren't sure if they have enough money
posted by: jmet, 13:18, June 16, 2009
Beginning next year, you will be given the legal right to make one backup copy of any Blu-ray Disc you own
posted by: jmet, 11:27, June 4, 2009
A black Irish Labrador that goes by the name Paddy helped raid a warehouse outside of Singapore that contained over 35,000
posted by: jmet, 09:26, June 2, 2009
Macrovision is changing its name to Rovi and is licensing its interactive program technology (IPG) to Sony which will give them
posted by: jmet, 12:19, May 23, 2009
Vizio has filed a patent infringement suit against HDTV maker Funai Electric
posted by: jmet, 12:14, May 16, 2009
In the legal battle between RealDVD and Hollywood studios, RealNetworks is fighting back by filing a antitrust violation suit against the studios and
posted by: jmet, 10:40, May 12, 2009
The trial between Hollywood and the RealDVD software will end up costing RealNetworks about $6 million dollars
in legal fees
posted by: jmet, 11:49, May 2, 2009
Every three years, the Copyright Office lets the public ask for exemptions to the DMCA's tough anti-circumvention requirements
posted by: jmet, 10:52, March 31, 2009
The California Energy Commission is proposing to ban the sale of TV sets that do not meet new efficiency standards
posted by: jmet, 14:58, February 13, 2009
It took a little over a year but Qtrax, a free legal P2P service, has launched after signing deals with major music labels
posted by: jmet, 08:40, January 7, 2009
Apple Inc. will start to sell digital songs without copy protection from the iTunes store priced as low as
posted by: jmet, 09:03, January 1, 2009
Slysoft has once again cracked the copy protection known as BD+ on all Blu-ray discs
posted by: jmet, 13:53, December 16, 2008
A new Blu-ray firmware update has fixed a loophole in the DRM format that made the discs vulnerable to hackers
posted by: jmet, 02:33, November 7, 2008
Warner Bros. plans to experiment with dirt cheap movie rentals in China to combat rampid piracy
posted by: jmet, 07:37, November 4, 2008
MySpace & MTV are testing out a new method that allows them to actually profit from piracy
posted by: jmet, 07:44, October 30, 2008
Police catch man recording the movie "Enchanted" with his high definition JVC camcorder
posted by: jmet, 11:48, October 29, 2008
After shutting down their DRM servers a few weeks ago, Wal-Mart has now re-launched a DRM-Free website for you to download all your music
posted by: jmet, 01:06, October 29, 2008
Microsoft launched WGA or "Windows Genuine Advantage" in China last week hoping to weed out OS's that do not pass a validation test
posted by: jmet, 07:09, October 14, 2008
About two weeks ago Wal-Mart made the statement they were shutting down their DRM servers shafting early adopters who bought the DRM music
posted by: jmet, 13:07, October 8, 2008
The MPAA convinced the judge to slap a temporary restraining order on the sell of RealDVD software
posted by: jmet, 08:52, October 8, 2008
In an attempt to combat piracy, Warner Bros. has decided to release movies online before the official DVD release date
posted by: jmet, 03:41, October 2, 2008
Wal-Marts had decided to get rid of DRM all together which is a great thing but may leave some early customers quite angry
posted by: jmet, 13:35, October 1, 2008
RealNetwork sues MPAA to prove that RealDVD does not break a DVD's CSS encryption in the process of copying a DVD but also includes another layer of protection
posted by: jmet, 04:49, September 23, 2008
SlotMusic is the new digital audio format backed by the big four record labels that carry no DRM out to replace physical media such as CDs
posted by: jmet, 23:42, September 10, 2008
Real Networks has announced "RealDVD", a new program that allows consumers to "rip" or copy DVDs
posted by: jmet, 07:17, July 31, 2008
The MPAA has once again sued multiple index sites that link to other sites that contain copyright infringement
posted by: jmet, 00:34, July 11, 2008
Macrovision ran a poll over the last 6 months and found that 1 in every 3 DVDs are copied illegally
posted by: jmet, 05:24, June 19, 2008
Bioware and EA is planning to add newer DRM that would only allow 3 installations of the game
posted by: jmet, 07:24, June 10, 2008
The MPAA wants to stop DVRs from recording certain movies
posted by: jmet, 04:26, June 4, 2008
Staples has made the announcement that they will begin to stock Flexplay self destructing DVD's
posted by: DVDGuy, 16:36, May 8, 2008
Torrent site TorrentSpy has been ordered by a court to pay the MPAA $110 million in damages
posted by: jmet, 03:36, March 21, 2008
Slysoft releases a new version of AnyDVD that is able to bypass BD+ protection to allow consumers to make backup copies of Blu-ray discs
posted by: jmet, 02:56, March 21, 2008
Macrovision Corp. mostly known for its copyright protection on DVD's & DRM on music CD's has always been a "deterrent" company but have now switched sides
posted by: jmet, 07:39, February 7, 2008
Verizon tells Hollywood it will not filter to help the RIAA identify copyright infringer's
posted by: jmet, 01:55, January 30, 2008
Beginning January 27th, Amazon.com will offer DRM-Free MP3's worldwide
posted by: jmet, 06:19, January 8, 2008
Napster will start to offer DRM free music
posted by: jmet, 08:03, December 6, 2007
Digimark announced today its plans to launch a new service that would allow the owner of copyrighted video to
posted by: jmet, 06:10, December 5, 2007
Amazon & Wal-Mart are pushing for no DRM music or else
posted by: jmet, 03:51, November 21, 2007
Macrovision will soon acquire Blu-Ray's BD+ for a whopping $45 million
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:49, November 18, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 18 November 2007
posted by: DVDGuy, 16:38, November 11, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 11 November 2007
posted by: jmet, 04:47, November 7, 2007
CinemaNow has finally cleared through all the paper work and negotiations to allow them to legally sell copy-protected Hollywood movies and music videos for burn-to-DVD
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:47, November 4, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 4 November 2007
posted by: jmet, 12:39, November 1, 2007
Slysoft (AnyDVD HD) claims to know how to break
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:02, October 28, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 28 October 2007
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:34, October 21, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 21 October 2007
posted by: jmet, 07:07, October 18, 2007
YouTube has a filter that should cut down copyright violations immensely
posted by: jmet, 04:49, October 17, 2007
Now downloads are not restricted to just one computer or device
posted by: DVDGuy, 18:06, October 14, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum for the week ending on 14 October 2007
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:07, October 7, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum
posted by: jmet, 02:17, October 6, 2007
The RIAA puts a win under its belt after winning its case against Jammie Thomas and making her pay $222,000 in fines
posted by: jmet, 00:56, October 6, 2007
The DRM on Fantastic Four & Day After Tomorrow cause undesirable playback
posted by: DVDGuy, 14:55, October 5, 2007
DVDGuy continues yesterday's rant at BD+ now that more reports of playback failure has emerged
posted by: DVDGuy, 14:15, October 5, 2007
DVDGuy asks where are his free movies, rants some more on BD+ and analysis of the latest poll results
posted by: DVDGuy, 17:48, September 30, 2007
A roundup of all the news as featured on Digital Digest and the forum
posted by: jmet, 01:53, September 5, 2007
The RIAA is asking universities to tighten down their internet policy and dish out more severe consequences for users who break it
posted by: jmet, 01:50, August 4, 2007
A angry Canadian woman is suing a movie theater for violating her personal belongings
posted by: jmet, 04:11, July 4, 2007
Macrovision, Chicago Digital Post, and Great Lakes Digital Media have launched "RipGuard-MOD"
posted by: DVDGuy, 15:53, June 25, 2007
A new proposal will be deliberated by the DVD CCA that will ban the playback of CSS encrypted movies if the original disc is not present
posted by: jmet, 00:59, May 17, 2007
Amazon.com has intentions of creating a digital music download center where all music will be DRM free
posted by: DVDGuy, 11:24, April 10, 2007
If you could download DVDs legally for a small fee, would you? Read the entire article on Digital Digest's webmaster's blog
posted by: jmet, 03:12, March 14, 2007
cGrid in the new tool in the war against piracy that can boot users off the network in real-time if it suspects that they are engaging in P2P file sharing, or even if they are using so-called darknets
posted by: jmet, 03:44, December 6, 2006
Azureus has decided to broaden its horizons from just BitBorrent clients to include a video sharing site called "Zudeo"
posted by: jmet, 14:23, November 14, 2006
Twentieth Century Fox plans to be the second movie studio to start selling cheap DVDs in an attempt to beat piracy
posted by: jmet, 09:44, November 3, 2006
How will Microsoft keep you from using a pirated version of Windows Vista
posted by: jmet, 08:34, October 14, 2006
The two have come together that would allow traditional and online retailers to sell on-demand copy-protected DVD downloads
posted by: jmet, 08:44, September 28, 2006
Microsoft has sued an anonymous computer hacker whose free program allows users to copy digital movies and songs
posted by: jmet, 00:32, September 15, 2006
The software eDonkey was taken to the cleaners by the RIAA for over $25 million dollars
posted by: jmet, 00:02, September 1, 2006
New tool for removing DRM from your downloaded iTunes
posted by: jmet, 12:39, August 30, 2006
A new program has been released that will strip Windows Media 10 and 11 files of their DRM
posted by: jmet, 10:53, August 15, 2006
My Space and 20th Century Fox get together to sell DVD downloads and TV show downloads
posted by: jmet, 10:18, August 6, 2006
The same old reason the RIAA is going after everything and everybody, copyright infringement
posted by: jmet, 14:17, August 4, 2006
Both parties are being accused of stealing a patent idea
posted by: jmet, 11:47, July 27, 2006
RIAA is telling people to use P2P programs to download their music
posted by: jmet, 10:02, July 21, 2006
They are taking a new approach on the war against piracy by shortening the time it takes for the movie to be released on DVD
posted by: jmet, 05:13, July 19, 2006
Movielink licenses download-to-burn technology
posted by: jmet, 05:07, July 19, 2006
Microsoft going after the bigger fish
posted by: jmet, 14:47, July 11, 2006
The movie studios have collaborated with their enemy "BitTorrent" on selling TV shows and movies
posted by: jmet, 13:44, July 6, 2006
Doesn't do any good to fight the RIAA if you can't pay the server bill
posted by: jmet, 00:45, July 2, 2006
Some minor improvements and bug fixes were made
posted by: jmet, 03:55, July 1, 2006
Is this the edge Sony needs to have to beat the XBox ?
posted by: jmet, 03:15, July 1, 2006
The police have more than a 100 of their servers and won't give them back
posted by: jmet, 04:07, June 30, 2006
Microsoft is being sued by an America PC owner who's saying Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) violates laws against spyware
posted by: jmet, 03:42, June 30, 2006
Download and watch your favorite TV shows with iTunes
posted by: jmet, 03:31, June 30, 2006
BitComet has released a new version due to a bug found in previous version
posted by: jmet, 07:28, June 29, 2006
Once implemented and fine tuned for "normal user" use, this will bring 2.50 and 2.60 Firmware up to the same homebrew capability that 1.50 PSP owners enjoy with FULL kernel mode access
posted by: jmet, 06:56, June 29, 2006
A quick review by dvdtown on the Samsung Blu-ray BD-P1000 player and the Toshiba HD-A1 player
posted by: jmet, 00:17, June 29, 2006
BitTorrent is developing a video download website to distribute movies online
posted by: jmet, 00:09, June 28, 2006
iTunes software now offers the option to encode in to 100% original quality
posted by: jmet, 00:03, June 28, 2006
Recording companies have sued the makers of XM radio
posted by: jmet, 06:54, June 27, 2006
Phishing is the term for scams that gather personal information from fake websites
posted by: jmet, 05:31, June 27, 2006
What will be your choice
posted by: jmet, 06:34, June 26, 2006
Do you want Microsoft snooping around your computer, if not download this tool that will remove WGA from your computer
posted by: jmet, 13:47, June 25, 2006
Ever wonder how people get ahold of the new movies before the actual public does
posted by: jmet, 00:29, June 24, 2006
BitTorrent has released a new version
posted by: jmet, 13:22, June 15, 2006
Well, not really stopped, more like contained
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