The upgrade process from an existing installation of Windows to the public pre-Beta of Windows 8 released at BUILD can alter the data associated with copyright protected content to the point in which it’s rendered unusable.
Microsoft has confirmed this problem, indicating that early adopters testing Windows... |
10 October 2011
13:31 GMT |
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Microsoft has officially confirmed issues impacting customers running Windows 7 RTM and Windows 7 SP1, with copyright protected content failing to play on their computers.
According to the software giant, this occurs only on machines that are preconfigured with Windows 7. Media files that are either Windows Medi... |
9 June 2011
07:15 GMT |
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The debate over video games Digital Rights Management solutions seems to have died down a little in the last few months, but the people at Good Old Games are aiming to resurrect it by saying that the industry should drop protections altogether and deliver a smoother experience for the end user.
Lukasz Kukawski, wh... |
14 April 2011
10:19 GMT |
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Machinarium, Amanita Design's beautiful adventure game, is now on sale in an attempt to convince the those who pirated the game to finally pay for the many hours of fun the title has provided for them. The game shipped with no digital rights management software on all the three platforms it was released, that is... |
9 August 2010
14:21 GMT |
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CD Projekt RED has made public its copy-protection policy, in an effort to quell the rumors regarding the possible inclusion of a Ubisoft style digital rights management system in The Witcher 2. Not only that, but Adam Kiciński, the chief executive officer of the studio, made an official statement promising that not... |
14 June 2010
17:21 GMT |
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The developer of The Witcher 2, CD Projekt RED, reassured its fans that the European version of the game would not contain a digital rights management piece of software similar to what Ubisoft had included in the PC versions of its title. This comes after the recent comment of Olivier Comte, the vice president of Nam... |
2 June 2010
04:30 GMT |
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In his latest GameTrailers show, analyst Michael Pachter said he supported Ubisoft's decision to implement an always online DRM component into its PC game. “I’m an old guy. I’m ethical and I’m a lawyer by trade. I feel if you steal a copy of a game by copying a friend’s file then it... |
31 May 2010
14:01 GMT |
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Blizzard Entertainment Co-founder Frank Pearce weighed in on the digital-rights-management-in-PC-games debate in a recent interview with VideoGamer. His opinion was that developers were spending too many resources on a losing battle and that they should focus on game content. No anti-piracy technology would ever succ... |
27 May 2010
04:21 GMT |
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The gaming industry isn't one that doesn't have problems, as it is plagued by various petitions or backlash coming from a lot of directions. But none have manifested so severely as the one against the DRM (Digital Rights Management) software that some companies have chosen to include along with their games ... |
9 January 2009
16:51 GMT |
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Apple has made it official that the iTunes Store is offering eight million of its 10 million songs in DRM-free format starting now, with the remaining two million songs expected to get the same treatment by the end of March. Additional changes have been made. Read on for the full scoop. “Beginning today, all f... |
7 January 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Apple is believed to have struck a deal with all major music labels to remove copy protection from the music on iTunes and even cut prices on content. Moreover, direct song downloads to iPhones over cellular networks are also in the scope, sources claim. For those not very familiar with DRM (digital rights managemen... |
6 January 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Fallout 3 is a massive game eagerly anticipated by fans all over the world. The post-apocalyptic RPG (Role Playing Game) has been absent for nearly ten years and players have been desperately looking forward to getting their hands on Bethesda's new title.With such a massive fan base, the developer can’t af... |
3 November 2008
16:01 GMT |
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Chris Remo is pretty popular in the gaming industry. Having founded websites like GamaSutra or ShackNews shows that he might know a thing or two about anything related to games and gamers. He recently approached the very sensitive issue regarding DRM (Digital Rights Management) and how gamers are treating it very ba... |
29 September 2008
03:31 GMT |
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If they are not careful, Yahoo! Music users can lose all their downloaded songs. The Yahoo! Music Store announced today that after September 30, the service would no longer be available, so people are advised to backup their music belongings, by saving them on CDs. This because, after the specified date, without the ... |
25 July 2008
09:07 GMT |
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Bet you didn't hope you'd hear this when you got up this morning: the Napster full-track download service will (allegedly) work with Apple's iPod, iPhone and any other mobile handset. The new Napster service basically tries to take on Apple's expensive digital download service and offer more songs... |
20 May 2008
07:03 GMT |
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DRM. Apple started it. Yahoo said it was OK, SanDisk supported the idea and the consumers acclaimed. EMI agreed in the first place, then retreated, now they have changed again their mind, hopefully for good. The remaining 3 of the 4 major are silent. Is Microsoft the next in line?This is a question which popped up qu... |
3 April 2007
09:49 GMT |
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