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prplcdclnw@diasp.eu
David

Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream

from FSFE

https://fsfe.org/activities/ada-zangemann/index.en.html

The famous inventor Zangemann lives in a huge villa high above the city. Adults and children alike love his inventions and are desperate to have them. But then something happens: when Zangemann wants to take another close-up look at his inventions during a walk through the city, a child hits him in the shin with the skateboard. That hurts! Enraged, the inventor makes a momentous decision... The clever girl Ada sees through what is going on. Together with her friends, she forges a plan.\
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This illustrated book tells the story of the famous inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises how crucial it is for her and others to control technology.\
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A book that arouses children's interest in tinkering and encourages shaping technology. From age 6 to 106.

Born before 1918? This book is not for you. :)

There is a video. Here are links to some copies. Not all of these worked for me. It's 31:32 long.

https://media.fsfe.org/w/j1c6LQVZ8qnCLLwpXMuw3M
https://archive.org/details/ada-zangemann-a-tale-of-software-skateboards-and-raspberry-ice-cream
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ada_%26_Zangemann_-_A_Tale_of_Software,_Skateboards,_and_Raspberry_Ice_Cream.webm
https://youtu.be/ac3ZZ7WUuZM

#free-software-foundation-europe #fsfe #freedom #liberty #drm #freedom-to-tinker #open-hardware #free-software #ada-and-zangemann #software #skateboards #ice-cream #right-to-repair #software-freedom #hardware-freedom #maker #makers #software-hacking #hardware-hacking #maker-spaces #makerspaces

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anonymiss@despora.de
anonymiss

Revenue effects of #Denuvo digital rights management on #PC video #games

Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1875952124002532

• Denuvo #DRM protects total revenue from piracy by a mean of 15% and a median of 20%.
• #Piracy causes mean total revenue to decrease by 20% when Denuvo is cracked quickly.
• Piracy causes zero mean total revenue loss when Denuvo survives for 12 weeks or more.
• The characteristics of a #game cannot explain its likelihood of being cracked.

First of all DRM is not digital rights management, it is digital restrictions management for the #gamer. Often DRM is making performance and installing problems.
It's important to know that DRM must be payed but makes a game #experience worse. DRM costs #money, #energy, #performance, patches and #support but without any positive effect for the consumer.

The question now is: are these costs higher or lower 20% of lost consumer licenses?

#capitalism #profit #entertainment #news #copy #economy #Problem #study #finance #copyright

jabgoe2089@hub.netzgemeinde.eu
Alexander Goeres

we have no idea how this locking software that made the trains stop unless they were serviced by our company was added to the trains' systems ... a software problem, no way to say what happened ... :-)

#polen #zug #drm #bahn

Image/photoMichał "rysiek" Woźniak · 🇺🇦 wrote the following post Mon, 07 Oct 2024 13:49:23 +0200

If you're wondering how things are going with the famous #DRM'd Polish trains, well, their manufacturer – #Newag – sued the hackers who had un-blocked them:

https://rys.io/en/175.html

But weirdly, after months of implying and suggesting that the locking code was added to the software by the hackers themselves, in the lawsuit the company now insists they did not in fact modify the software installed on the trains.

Why? Because that would not mesh well with the copyright infringement claim. 🤡

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thanatosincarnate@pod.geraspora.de
Thanatos die immer skurrilere Minderheit

California’s new law forces digital stores to admit you’re just licensing content, not buying it

"California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed a law (AB 2426) to combat “disappearing” purchases of digital games, movies, music, and ebooks. The legislation will force digital storefronts to tell customers they’re just getting a license to use the digital media, rather than suggesting they actually own it."

#streaming #drm #digital #purchase #ownership #license #california #usa

https://www.osnews.com/story/140826/californias-new-law-forces-digital-stores-to-admit-youre-just-licensing-content-not-buying-it/

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