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  • Streamburst offers innovative DRM for video

    I've already discussed the German music store using watermarks to discourage piracy , and now it seems another service is applying the same principle to video . Instead of handcuffing viewers who want to view films they purchase on multiple devices and otherwise use content legitimately in ways DRM blocks...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 02-28-2007

  • Would you trust Zamzar with your data?

    Kevin writes about Zamzar , a free web-based service that converts audio, video and documents from one format to another (via Download Squad ). Sounds cool, but would you trust them with your sensitive data? I don't know about you, but I barely trust Google or Microsoft with this information. Should...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 11-03-2006

  • DRM can have a significant impact on battery life

    Tommy Perkins posts yet another reason to hate DRM . According to this CNET article , it can have a significant negative impact on your device's battery life - as much as 25% as you can see below. Creative Zen Vistion:M: 16 hours with MP3s, 12 hours with only WMA subscription tracks Archos Gmini 402...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 03-21-2006

  • The Paradox of DRM: What is the value of control?

    As a follow-up to my previous post : I think part of the problem stems from the belief that control is the most valuable aspect of copyright. As a result, (some) rightsholders will fight against any practice where they feel control is lost. In reality, as Fred laid the groundwork for in his paper, a...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 04-07-2005

  • Do strict laws encourage anti-social behavior?

    Mowab writes : [T]he idea, generally, is that you encourage community and cooperation by removing the safeguards that would keep you safe if you’re antisocial or don’t try to cooperate. What’s interesting is the corollary argument that social safeguards actually encourage antisocial...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 12-30-2004

  • Who's reading your e-mail?

    Your ISP can read your e-mail. That's what a federal district court decided in 2003, and what the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld last week. A little history: Back in 1998, an online bookseller gave free e-mail accounts to book dealers and then secretly copied all messages that came in from Amazon...
    Posted to Tim Marman's Loosely Coupled (Weblog) by Tim on 07-11-2004
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