PCR's notepad » digital rights and DRMs http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com The area in patheticcockroach.com where the EEG isn't isoelectric Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:13:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Content protection by DRM http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/420/content-protection-by-drm/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/420/content-protection-by-drm/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 13:35:45 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=420 The hidden truth under DRMs. From xkcd.
Approved player, approved connection, approved screen, approved content.

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Hopefully, the companies that produce the DRMs being used are a bit more sensitive to users’ rants than the companies who bundle them into their games, and they usually cooperate when asked for solutions to uninstall their DRM program. So here are the removal tools for SecuROM and StarForce shitware:

The use of these is pretty simple: just unzip, run the programs and follow the instructions.

]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/227/removing-shitware/feed/ 0 US says China isn’t doing enough about piracy, files complaint with WTO http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/178/us-says-china-isnt-doing-enough-about-piracy-files-complaint-with-wto/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/178/us-says-china-isnt-doing-enough-about-piracy-files-complaint-with-wto/#comments Wed, 11 Apr 2007 10:43:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=178 The US will bring two complaints against China before the World Trade Organization over the latter’s weak enforcement of intellectual property laws.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/178/us-says-china-isnt-doing-enough-about-piracy-files-complaint-with-wto/feed/ 0 Bounty offered to kill pirate DVD sniffer dogs http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/170/bounty-offered-to-kill-pirate-dvd-sniffer-dogs/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/170/bounty-offered-to-kill-pirate-dvd-sniffer-dogs/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:52:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=170 Lucky and Flo, the two Labradors who helped sniff out nearly 1 million illegal discs last week within days of joining Malaysia’s anti-piracy effort, have been moved to a safe house. A source had tipped off officials about a bounty offered for killing the sniffer dogs, “The dogs are a genuine threat to the pirated disc syndicates”



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/170/bounty-offered-to-kill-pirate-dvd-sniffer-dogs/feed/ 0 MPAA’s aggressive anti-piracy propaganda http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/162/mpaa%e2%80%99s-aggressive-anti-piracy-propaganda/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/162/mpaa%e2%80%99s-aggressive-anti-piracy-propaganda/#comments Sun, 11 Mar 2007 15:42:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=162 The MPAA is very active in recruiting America’s youth for their war on piracy. The deadline for the their anti-piracy propaganda contest just passed. SIFE Students from all over America spent weeks filming mind numbing anti-piracy PSAs, resulting in some really bad, but hilarious clips.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/162/mpaa%e2%80%99s-aggressive-anti-piracy-propaganda/feed/ 0 Patent office claims filesharing a threat to national security http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/160/patent-office-claims-filesharing-a-threat-to-national-security/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/160/patent-office-claims-filesharing-a-threat-to-national-security/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2007 06:59:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=160 An alarmist report published by the United States Patent Office claims that filesharing software poses a threat to user privacy and national security. Filled with the usual stale rhetoric, the report attempts to demonize filesharing and depict the content industry as a helpless victim.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/160/patent-office-claims-filesharing-a-threat-to-national-security/feed/ 0 Was Steve Jobs’s blog on DRM a Pledge or a Prank? Find out by April 1. http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/156/was-steve-jobss-blog-on-drm-a-pledge-or-a-prank-find-out-by-april-1/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/156/was-steve-jobss-blog-on-drm-a-pledge-or-a-prank-find-out-by-april-1/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 19:34:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=156 One month ago, Steve Jobs pledged to ditch DRM on iTunes — if only those mean major labels would untie his hands. Well, here are three things that you can ask Steve to do immediately to back his pledge. We’ll send him your messages with a big thank you if he takes action — or mark his April Fools joke by sending him a jesters hat if he doesn’t.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/156/was-steve-jobss-blog-on-drm-a-pledge-or-a-prank-find-out-by-april-1/feed/ 0 Why internet radio is in the emergency room http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/155/why-internet-radio-is-in-the-emergency-room/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/155/why-internet-radio-is-in-the-emergency-room/#comments Wed, 07 Mar 2007 11:57:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=155 If you haven’t heard, internet radio is about to die. The record labels and broadcast radio are lobbying to stomp out fair use, combat piracy, and keep competition out.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/155/why-internet-radio-is-in-the-emergency-room/feed/ 0 Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/151/justice-department-takes-aim-at-image-sharing-sites/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/151/justice-department-takes-aim-at-image-sharing-sites/#comments Sun, 04 Mar 2007 22:01:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=151 The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned.



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]]> http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/151/justice-department-takes-aim-at-image-sharing-sites/feed/ 0 Will hardware manufacturers open the floodgates to free software adoption? http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/146/will-hardware-manufacturers-open-the-floodgates-to-free-software-adoption/ http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/146/will-hardware-manufacturers-open-the-floodgates-to-free-software-adoption/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 06:52:00 +0000 David Dernoncourt http://notepad.patheticcockroach.com/?p=146 The Free Software Foundation has released a paper detailing the five actions major hardware manufacturers can take to foster a mutually beneficial relationship with the free software community: support free software drivers, end the “Microsoft Tax”, remove proprietary BIOS locks, support a free BIOS, and reject Digital Restrictions Management (DRM)



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