Topic: Digital Rights Management
Digital Rights Management (DRM) refers to technologies and policies that control how digital content is used and distributed. These measures often restrict user freedoms, enabling companies to exert significant control over hardware and software, while also facilitating surveillance and data collection. The implications for privacy and free expression are profound, as DRM can limit access to information and stifle creativity.
-
Analysis: The Future of Surveillance? Microsoft Introduces Always-Watching Feature For Every PC
Microsoft’s AI-driven Recall feature logs every action on your PC, raising alarms about security and user privacy – particularly when…
-
Open, DRM Free Alternatives to Audible
Break free from the Amazon-owned walled garden.
-
Private, open-source Plex alternatives
Stream movies and TV shows without being locked into a Big Tech ecosystem.
-
Meme Stamp: Adobe tool to show “veracity” of memes to reduce “misinformation”
Memes, photos, and videos will be cryptographically tagged for authenticity.
-
Games industry lobbyists ESA say right to repair laws would hurt DRM
Louis Rossmann dismantled the argument.
-
HP remotely disables customer’s printer until he joins monthly subscription
Criticism towards HP was swift.
-
Adobe, Twitter, and The New York Times are developing a DRM-style attribution system for memes
Many popular memes are already being taken down by questionable copyright claims.








