It looks as if Apple iPad has no support for Adobe Flash video or Microsoft Silverlight, just as on the iPhone. That means no streaming video from Hulu, Netflix Direct, BBC iPlayer, etc.
But it is tightly coupled to the iTunes store, which now also has iBooks. And Apple has chosen a proprietary hardware and software [...]
Entries Tagged as 'digital rights management (DRM)'
News: From e-media to i-media — how Apple will dominate all digital media sales…
February 5th, 2010 No Comments
Tags: anti-piracy · Apple · digital rights management (DRM) · iBooks · iPad · iTunes · software piracy
News: Adobe bends, a little, on eBook DRM
December 22nd, 2009 No Comments
Responding to criticism that its anti-piracy mechanisms could slow the growth of the eBook industry, Adobe Systems Inc. plans to liberalize its approach toward Digital Rights Management (DRM) with eBooks.
The next major version of its Content Server software will give book publishers, authors and libraries the option to protect encrypted eBooks with a password.
Seemingly minor, [...]
Tags: Adobe · anti-piracy · digital publishing · digital rights management (DRM) · eBook piracy · eBooks · International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF) · P2P networks
News: Will secret copyright treaty restrict digital rights?
December 2nd, 2009 No Comments
Most Americans expect that their laws are only passed after some period of public debate between Republicans and Democrats or their news-channel proxies. However, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) may be an exception to this rule, and if it is signed, many United States laws concerning the Internet and ownership of data may become substantively [...]
Tags: Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) · Copyright Infringement · digital rights management (DRM) · Intellectual Property Rights · internet service providers
News: 1 Million XBox Live Players Banned
November 16th, 2009 No Comments
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) this week booted as many as 1 million players from its Xbox Live gaming service due to the company’s belief that they modified their consoles to play games illegally downloaded from file sharing sites.
“All consumers should know that piracy is illegal and that modifying their Xbox 360 console to play pirated discs [...]
Tags: digital rights management (DRM) · file sharing · illegal downloads · Infinity Ward · Microsoft · modded consoles · Modern Warfare 2 · Piracy · pirated games · XBox
News: Are we due a wave of book piracy?
October 29th, 2009 No Comments
The Kindle has landed. That is to say, the first Kindles are being sent out by Amazon today. Some may find their way into excited, sweaty palms by tomorrow.
It’s a big moment for the e-reader. While the US has had the Kindle for a while, many will be hoping its global launch will be an [...]
Tags: amazon · Copyright Infringement · digital rights management (DRM) · E-book piracy · e-books · Kindle
