W3C Greenlights DRM for the Web
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) standards body has publicly announced its intention to publish Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), a DRM standard for web...
DRM Could Come To JPEG Format
The JPEG Committee is considering a proposal to add DRM to the JPEG image format. The professional version of the JPEG format, JPEG 2000, already...
DRM Keeps Music Sales Down: study
Digital rights management (DRM) doesn't help the business of music, a PhD candidate at the University of Toronto found in a study. Laurina...
Free Software Foundation Urges W3C to Reject DRM in HTML Video
A coalition of twenty-seven organizations released a joint letter to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Web's standards-setting body, condemning Encrypted Media...
Ubisoft To Fix Security Hole Exposed By Games' Plug-in
Ubisoft has been forced to release an emergency patch to fix a security hole discovered in its Uplay application. The Uplay copy protection system from...
Studios And Storage Firms Push DRM For Cloud Content
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group, SanDisk and Western Digital today revealed "Project Phenix" (working title), an initiative that enable users...
Google, Microsoft And Netflix Propose HTML Video Copy Protection
A new Web standard proposal authored by Google, Microsoft, and Netflix seeksto bring copy protection mechanisms to the Web. The Encrypted Media Extensions draft ...
Removing DRM Could Decrease Music Piracy, Researchers Say
A new research from Rice and Duke Universities challenges conventional wisdom that removal of restrictions would increase piracy levels. Contrary to the traditional views of...
Sony to Adopt Microsoft's PlayReady DRM Technology
Sony will adopt Microsoft PlayReady content protection technology for Sony's network-enabled devices. The first Sony device to include support for Microsoft PlayReady is the Sony...
Netflix Taps Microsoft PlayReady as Its Primary DRM Technology for Netflix Ready Devices
Netflix has selected Microsoft PlayReady technology and the Protected Interoperable File Format (PIFF) for use in new Netflix ready devices and applications, the company announced...
