A RealNetworks executive has claimed that Linux risks being excluded from the consumer market if it does not add support for copyright protection technologies. But the Free Software Foundation Europe ...
An interesting piece over on TechRepublic by Jack Wallen got me thinking about Linux and DRM (Digital Rights Management) - could the two ever coexist peacefully or will heavy-handedness from big ...
Linux users can now stream shows and movies from the Disney+ streaming service after Disney lowering the level of their DRM requirements. When Disney+ was first ...
A RealNetworks vice president voiced a few inflammatory opinions during LinuxWorld Boston last Tuesday. The RealNetworks rep in question, Jeff Ayars, said that Linux as a consumer platform would be ...
For one, it is DRM-free. If you buy a track from this music store you know your own personal freedom and enjoyment will not be curtailed. You can burn the music to a CD for your car. You can load it ...
Linus Torvalds, the founder of the Linux operating system, threw a curve ball to the open-source programming community Thursday. In a posting sent to a key Linux-focused e-mail list, Torvalds outlined ...
Does Steam selling games with DRM in the free and open source environment of GNU/Linux defeat the entire point? That's what Richard Stallman, founder of the GNU operating system and Free Software ...
It's obvious to most Linux users that Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a really bad idea. It's not just because DRM-encoded media usually won't play with our operating system, but rather because we ...