Apr 21, 2019 | Adobe, DRM, law, news, Politics
The Justice Department hand-delivered Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report to Congress on Thursday morning – on CD-ROMs. Isn’t that the cutest thing? House Judiciary Committee staff looked in the closets and found a computer with a working CD-ROM drive....
Jan 29, 2015 | Amazon, DRM
Amazon now allows you to share your Kindle books with your spouse and your children. The new “Family Library” is a bit confusing to set up but the effort is worth it if you want to read some of the books that have been purchased in your spouse’s Amazon account. Four...
Jan 10, 2012 | DRM, Internet, law, Politics
Noted science fiction author and Boing Boing curator Cory Doctorow delivered an important speech last month in London, explaining why attempts by copyright owners to lock down computers and web sites inevitably lead to surveillance and censorship, and how the...
Apr 29, 2011 | bruceb, DRM, web_services
One of the interesting mysteries of our time is how Wolfgang’s Vault has been able to stream live performances by hundreds of artists for the last few years, in an era where record labels have fought so bitterly to keep us from hearing music in the name of...
Dec 7, 2010 | Amazon, business, DRM, file_sharing, shopping
Our online purchases and subscriptions and services are associated with accounts linked to an email address. Be careful when you set up accounts and make purchases! These are turning into long-term relationships that need to be right. A concrete example: buy Kindle...
Jul 1, 2010 | DRM, Google, Microsoft, security, web_services
Wayne Small, an Australian SBS consultant, took a look at Google’s license agreement recently and wrote up a nice reminder that big companies do not make any pretense of playing nicely with your information. Google Terms of Service cover all of Google’s services,...
