Entries from Earthling - EarthLink blog tagged with 'DRM'
DRM Round-up
There's been a lot of action this week in the field of copyright and digital asset rights management, not the least of which involved YouTube working on removing tens of thousands of video clips that contain copyrighted material. Mark Cuban had one of the most interesting and blogger-baiting bits of unsubstantiated gossip about how concerns about copyright lawsuits may have played into the negotiations as YouTube sold to Google.
Network TV Shows You Can (Legally) Download or Stream
eil Kjeldsen published a handy history and round-up of the network TV shows you can download or stream, and how they work. These are all of the options that are officially blessed by the networks, and his list excludes sharing networks, unofficial sites, and video upload hosts like YouTube.
A Few Updates
- New Orleans Wi-Fi network - Grayson Daughters wrote about the current situation today in Georgia Political Digest. She reached city CIO Greg Mefferts via e-mail, who reiterated his pledge to keep the city Wi-Fi network up no matter what the consequences.
- San Francisco Wi-Fi network - There was some discussion in the blogosphere this week about privacy concerns with the new network and fear of theft at current San Francisco Wi-Fi hotspots. The link is to a map of the whole discussion on Tech.memeorandum.com.
- Net neutrality legislation - Since last we left off on Net Neutrality, a House of Representatives subcommittee voted down a bill described as similar to the Wyden bill against prioritizing packet traffic. Russell Shaw of ZDNet has suggested that we should all think about this issues and where the candidates stand as the next election draws near.
- A challenge to the DRM battery drain study - Last month I wrote about a study claiming that Digital Rights Management software shortens the battery life of portable devices. Gizmodo linked to an article today refuting the claim with a counter-experiment. One commenter refers to the original study as "just bad science". Judge for yourself here.
Security And Protection Round-up
- Instant Messaging and Peer-to-peer Security Incidents On The Rise - According to a recent analysis by FaceTme.com, reported IM and Peer-to-peer incidents rose by a factor of 100 from 2004 to 2005.
- Cryzip Virus Demands Ransom - Here's a new one. Researchers have discovered instances of a new computer virus that locks up your files, and then asks you to deposit money into an online payment account to get them back. Cryzip is believed to be part of a batch of e-mail spam.
- Security-enabled Blogging For Kids - Few details are available yet, but a company called Industrious Kid is working on a blogging tool they say will have "easy-to-use access to the necessary insight and controls related to the communications and content development activities of their children."
- Digital Rights Management Shortens Battery Life - All of the extra encoding and checking that portable mp3 players do to make sure you own some of the music you play can reduce the life of your battery by as much as 25%. Yahoo Executive Dave Goldberg suggested recently that maybe the music industry should think about getting rid of Digital Rights Management completely. Would anyone complain?
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