● NEWS ● #TheVerge #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ #ATandT TV will officially become DirecTV Stream next week https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/19/22633094/att-tv-directv-stream-august-26

AT&T TV will officially become DirecTV Stream next week

The change will officially happen August 26th.

● NEWS ● #Techdirt #DRM #Crap #Netflix ☞ Netflix's Ramped Up War On VPNs Comes With Collateral Damage https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210816/07055047368/netflixs-ramped-up-war-vpns-comes-with-collateral-damage.shtml

Netflix's Ramped Up War On VPNs Comes With Collateral Damage

As Netflix has grown internationally, the company has increased its crackdown on "content tourism," or the act of using a VPN to trick Netflix into letting you watch content specifically licensed for other countries. If you take a look at...

Indien, Kurzwelle, digital

#drm #shortwave

Noch ein kleines Kurzwellen-Empfangs-Erfolgserlebnis

Radio Kuwait über Kurzwelle digital in Stereo und sehr guter Tonqualität empfangen. Beweisvideo erspare ich euch diesmal, da man eh kein Wort verstehen kann weil arabisch.
#shortwave #drm #radio

#Netflix only works for Netflix with #DRM for #monopoly https://www.cartoonbrew.com/business/tangent-animation-shuts-down-with-up-to-400-people-laid-off-207637.html

Tangent Animation Shuts Down Production. As Many As 400 People Laid Off

The studio was working on multiple feature animation projects for Netflix at the time of shutdown.

Endlich Erfolg...

Seit einigen Jahren versuche ich mit verschiedenen Empfängern Digitalradio auf Kurzwelle erfolgreich zu empfangen. Und gestern ist es mir endlich gelungen. Nicht nur, dass der Empfänger recht stabil arbeiten muss. Auch muss die Antenne galvanisch vom PC entkoppelt sein wegen Störungen. Zum Glück hatte ich noch einen kleinen HF-Übertrager herumliegen.

Aber das alleine reicht natürlich nicht. Man benötigt zusätzlich zur SDR-Software auch noch eine DRM-Dekoder Software. Diese wird über ein virtuelles Audiokabel mit dem SDR-Empfänger verbunden.

Blöderweise hat sich DRM auf Kurzwelle nie richtig durchsetzen können. Empfangsgeräte sind rar. Und funktionsfähige Software auch. Die frei verfügbare Software DREAM funktioniert in der aktuellen Version mal gar nicht. Und bis ich eine alte, noch funktionsfähige Version gefunden habe, war ich kurz vorm Aufgeben. Auf einer berüchtigten malwareverseuchten Seite bin ich dann fündig geworden, habe die Software aus der virenverseuchten Hülle gepult und installiert. Und tatsächlich, anstatt Gequietsche und Fading, wie man es von Kurzwellenradio gewohnt ist, kam es in Telefoniequalität aber störungsfrei aus dem Lautsprecher.

Warum mache ich sowas? Weil ich es kann! Natürlich ist es sinnfrei, da alle Kurzwellen-Auslandsradios auch über Internet zu empfangen sind. Und ausser einiger Testsendungen aus Rumänien, Frankreich und angeblich auch BBC und Deutsche Welle zu bestimmten Tageszeiten gibt es DRM-Digitalradio sonst nirgendwo.

Beweisvideo hier: https://f.kj.gd/drm.mp4
#funk #sdr #drm #digitalradio #kurzwelle #shortwave #radio
@actro@pluspora.com

#DRM isn't just an annoyance -- it's a violation of your right to use the iteexms you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at defectivebydesign.org, and follow our campaign account at @enddrm.

● NEWS ● #TheAtlantic #Spotify #DRM ☞ What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies? https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/spotify-streaming-music-library/619453/

What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies?

If your entire collection is on a streaming service, good luck accessing it in 10 or 20 years.

● NEWS ● #TheNation #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ Sell This Book! https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/libraries-digital-publishing-ebooks/

Sell This Book!

Corporate publishing wants to turn all readers into renters. We’re trying to stop them.

● NEWS ● #BusinessInsider #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ Home Depot plans to foil shoplifters with power tools that won't work if they're stolen https://www.businessinsider.com/home-depot-fights-shoplifters-special-power-tools-2021-7

Home Depot plans to foil shoplifters with power tools that won't work if they're stolen

"We certainly don't want to affect the 99.5% of our customers who are just there to pick up their hammers and nails," exec Scott Glenn said.

● NEWS ● #TheVerge #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ #Spotify is testing a less restrictive ad-supported tier costing $0.99 a month https://www.theverge.com/2021/8/3/22607203/spotify-plus-ad-supported-tier-unlimited-skips-on-demand-listening

Spotify is testing a less restrictive ad-supported tier costing $0.99 a month

A tenth of the cost of regular Premium.

● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ #Spotify Tests Ad-Supported Subscription Tier for $0.99 a Month https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/spotify-plus-ad-supported-1234992231/

Spotify Tests Ad-Supported Subscription Tier for $0.99 a Month

The music streaming service is testing out the cheaper tier, which may vary in price, with a "limited number of users."

● [Old] ● #Vice #DRM ☞ A Band That Tried to Make Money From #Spotify Have Been Banned From Spotify https://www.vice.com/en/article/r3n949/youneedtohearthis-the-band-that-cheated-spotify-have-been-banned-from-spotify-sleepify-vulfpeck

A Band That Tried to Make Money From Spotify Have Been Banned From Spotify

They recorded an album of silence and asked fans to play it while they slept, hoping to generate profit.

● [Old] ● #Arts #DRM ☞ How #Vulfpeck Album ‘Sleepify’ Used #Spotify Loophole to Earn $20,000 http://www.classicalite.com/articles/28710/20151001/vulfpeck-album-sleepify-spotify-loophole-earn-20000.htm

How Vulfpeck Album ‘Sleepify’ Used Spotify Loophole to Earn $20,000

Much fuss has been made over the impact of online streaming on artists' lifestyles, particularly with respect to Spotify, the streaming giant that offers free music to millions, but only pays artists the royalty equivalent of peanuts. In seeking a...

● NEWS ● #EBooks #DRM ☞ Where can I buy DRM-free ebooks? https://www.libreture.com/bookshops/ "Here is a list of online bookshops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics..."

Where can I buy DRM-free ebooks?

A regularly updated list of online shops that sell DRM-free ebooks, digital comics and magazines.

● NEWS ● #Techdirt #DRM ☞ #Netflix Finally Faces Competition, Tries To Pretend Otherwise https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20210721/09280547215/netflix-finally-faces-competition-tries-to-pretend-otherwise.shtml

Netflix Finally Faces Competition, Tries To Pretend Otherwise

Netflix had a pretty good run there for a long while. Thanks to low prices and an innovative streaming system, the company simply hoovered up streaming video subscribers as the cable TV industry stumbled around in the dark, busy pretending the...

● NEWS ● #HollywoodReporter #DigitalRestrictions #DRM ☞ Netflix’s Head of Physical Production Ty Warren to Exit in Reorganization (Exclusive) https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/netflix-ty-warren-physical-production-1234986134/

Netflix’s Head of Physical Production Ty Warren to Exit in Reorganization (Exclusive)

The restructuring is focused on creating regional physical production teams, rather than having one central worldwide division.

Denuvo DRM Removed From Upcoming Strategy Game, Dev Blames 'Performance Impact'

#drm #news #technology

Denuvo DRM Removed From Upcoming Strategy Game, Dev Blames 'Performance Impact' - Slashdot

A video game developer is abandoning the Denuvo DRM platform for its upcoming game's PC version, blaming Denuvo-related performance issues for the decision. An anonymous reader shares an article written by Ars Technica's Sam Machkovech: Amplitude...

#kde #gnu #linux #drm https://www.theverge.com/2021/7/18/22579747/valve-steam-deck-steam-machines-editorial see http://techrights.org/2021/07/17/drm-valve/

Why the Steam Deck won’t flop like Valve’s Steam Machines

Valve knows what it needs to be

#valve #drm is bad for #softwareFreedom but if Valve delivers #games to #gnu #linux instead of #windows it's a step in the right direction because it helps introduce some games to freedom-respecting software