In the first case of its kind, a man from Southern California is set to go on trial Tuesday on criminal charges of circumventing digital rights management (DRM) by modifying Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.
Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/student-prison-xbox-mod-chip/
In the first case of its kind, a man from Southern California is set to go on trial Tuesday on criminal charges of circumventing digital rights management (DRM) by modifying Microsoft's Xbox 360 console.
Source:
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/11/student-prison-xbox-mod-chip/
Mike Masnick writes that the mainstream entertainment industry's formula for contending with the Internet � desperately trying to invent "new copyright laws or new licensing schemes or new DRM or new lawsuits or new ways to shut down file sharing" � is counterproductive.
Source:
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2010/01/howto-thrive-musician-without-suing-your-fans
Apple makes great products�you'll get no argument from us.
But Apple also likes keeping tight control over those products, and if anyone outside of Apple's blessed circle attempts to get in, the company is more than willing to try to use (or abuse) the law to its advantage.
Source:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2010/01/a-look-at-apples-love-for-drm-and-consumer-lock-ins.ars
