The Free Software Foundation has an ongoing campaign against Digital Rights Management. They promote their cause over at defectivebydesign.org and I think it’s generally a good site to learn about DRM and how it is restricting digital freedoms. Recently, the group held a protest at the Boston Public Library where they demanded that [...]
BoingBoing is reporting that Random House Audio is now allowing its audiobooks to be sold without DRM. Why are they doing this, you ask?
Random House notes that they’ve been running a DRM-free audiobook program with eMusic for months, and that none of the pirate editions of their audiobooks online came from those DRM-free editions; [...]
Yesterday, I presented at Ohio Library Council’s Digital Declassified workshop. It was a chance for libraries to hear about what’s up with digital content in libraries. Tom Peters keynoted and several other library staff and vendors spoke. My piece was on digital rights management (DRM). By the end of the day, [...]
I’ve never really liked CAPTCHA systems. You know, those images of contorted characters that you are forced to input on many web forms. The idea is that spam bots will be blocked from submitting the form and only humans shall pass. Half the time, even I can’t make out the characters. [...]
There’s a post over at Lifehacker describing how you can use a mobile phone to find the nearest Starbucks. You can either text your zip code to MYSBUX ( 697289) or use your phone’s browser to go to mobile.starbucks.com. Not that it’s hard to find a Starbucks, and those who frequent there generally [...]
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