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This week Ben and Ian discuss the cloud and digital rights management. (DRM) Do you really own something once you pay for it or are you only licensing a copy in that particular format? Our hosts tackle this question as well as others on the way to understanding ownership in the digital age.
Further Reading
The Cloud
Wal-Mart in exclusive deal to convert DVDs to digital for $2 each
Future of “the Workstation” and “the Cloud”, thoughts?
Autodesk 360(Cloud Service) TOS: Have you guys read this stuff?
14,000 petition Adobe to revive the Creative Suites
Is Office 2013 proof that it’s time to switch?
DRM
Valve sued in Germany over game ownership
Why BluRay is still a DOA format…
Toshiba CEO talks about life after HD DVD
The Death of Physical Video Media??
SimCity DRM, what lessons to be learned?
XBOX Live: New TV shows and Films Coming
SimCity DRM: “Always Online” Mode Results in Disaster For Gamers
Interview: Paradox CEO Fred Wester Talks Up PC Gaming, Calls SecuROM DRM “a Waste of Money”
Ubisoft’s Revolutionary DRM!!!
Copyright
Congress wants to make streaming copyrighted media a FELONY
Is The UK Government Trying To Kill Off Photographers
Does Sony Pictures own your art portfolio?
Pinterest’s New Requirements to Avoid Copyright Infringement Lawsuits
Is Pinterest a Haven for Copyright Violations?
An author of software cannot oppose the resale of his ‘used’ licences allowing the
use of his programs downloaded from the internet
Autodesk adding rental options to most software
Other Discussions
Adobe cuts Australian prices after inquiry summons
Autodesk / Adobe International Price Discrimination
DVDs and Blu-rays will now carry two unskippable government warnings