The problem with all DRM is that, to date, there has been no DRM system that actually works!
They could have taken to heart their customers dissatisfaction with their DRM system.
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While Microsoft does license its DRM system--to everyone from Yahoo!
Hammering the irony home, the solution he proposed -- a "technology summit" of academics, tech companies, and content producers to develop a workable DRM system -- is exactly the sort of wasted effort Steve-O lambasted in his open letter.
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When the iPlayer first launched the BBC was criticised for producing versions that only worked with Microsoft's Windows XP and which used Microsoft's digital rights management (DRM) system to enforce viewing restrictions.
Nest Energy Services is the company's attempt at a DRM-free conservation system.
Of course, all of the files would be laced in DRM, and only users of NDS' system would be able to share and access the recorded content, but having a nearly endless supply of DVR'd shows at your disposal sure sounds appealing.
With its own copy-protection system, Google joins the ranks of DRM-heavies Apple Computer and Microsoft, which some say hurt consumers and their own profits by not freeing up digital content into a single, standard format.
With its own copy-protection system, Google joins the ranks of DRM-heavies Apple Computer (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) and Microsoft (nasdaq: MSFT - news - people ), which some say hurt consumers and their own profits by not freeing up digital content into a single, standard format.
Richard Doherty, an analyst at Envisioneering Group, says that DRM patent holders will be paid on a taxi-meter-type system.
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