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City of Heroes coming to Mac under Transgaming's Cider

by Mike Schramm (Oct 30th, 2008)

Yet another MMO on the Mac -- EVE Online and World of Warcraft are already there, of course, and now NCSoft has announced that City of Heroes is coming to the Mac. Unfortunately, they're using Transgaming's Cider software to port the game, and as we've said before, the software isn't only ...

Transgaming to use SecuROM for Cider games

by Mike Schramm (Aug 21st, 2008)

As if Mac gaming needed more problems getting off the ground. Transgaming has proudly announced that in the future, their games will include Sony's SecuROM digital rights management software. They don't mention which games will be getting the extremely restrictive DRM (that some folks have compared ...

Multiple iPhone household? Share your apps.

by Scott McNulty (Jul 25th, 2008)

Let me start this post off by pointing out that I am not a lawyer, and I don't even play one on TV. I have, however, been called for jury duty a few times, so I know my way around a courthouse. Melvin Rivera isn't a lawyer either, but he and his wife own two iPhones. Melvin knew that iPhone apps are ...

Elgato says no to voluntary DRM broadcast flags

by Erica Sadun (Jul 2nd, 2008)

Yesterday, I was reading through our sister site TV Squad and saw this post about Broadcast Flags that prevent PCs from recording shows. Broadcast flags, which are signals sent in a digital TV data stream, indicate whether shows should or should not be recorded by third party equipment such as PVRs. ...

Apple and the future of DRM

by Mat Lu (May 18th, 2008)

Over at the Guardian there's an interesting article on How Apple is Changing DRM. While there's not a lot that's new here, it does usefully cover what has happened over the last few years with Digital Rights Management and how DRM has basically come to bite the record companies in the, um, keister. ...

Digital Wrongs Management

by Robert Palmer (May 9th, 2008)

I don't think anybody likes DRM. Customers certainly don't like it: they want to listen to music and watch video where and when they please. I don't think it's that popular with the content providers, either, because it's not a perfect solution. It might cut down on some piracy, but by no means ...

Apple issues C&D takedown order to Hymn project software

by Erica Sadun (Feb 20th, 2008)

Wow. Good thing that DoubleTwist is waiting in the OS X wings for anyone who wants to rip DRM from their iTunes purchases. Apple just issued a C&D off to the ISP hosting the Hymn-inspired Requiem software. DrmBytes, a hymn moderator, posted that hymn-project.org will no longer allow links to ...

DVD Jon breaks free of iTunes DRM

by Erica Sadun (Feb 20th, 2008)

Today's Times Online reports that DVD Jon has introduced new software that allows you to break iTunes DRM and play back your iTunes purchases on any device. Apparently this new anti-DRM software works with an unsual analog-hole. It replays songs in fast-forward and copies the audio track. The Times ...

After Effects 7 users: QuickTime 7.4 update a nono

by Brian Liloia (Jan 23rd, 2008)

After Effects 7 users, take note: there have been some interesting and unfortunate developments with the recent release of the QuickTime 7.4 update. Apparently, it disables After Effects 7 and will not permit users to complete rendering videos. There have been some arguments about what is causing ...

Remove iTunes DRM easily and quickly with iMovie HD

by Mike Schramm (Dec 11th, 2007)

The thing about DRM is that there are always exceptions to the rules-- while Apple has released lots of DRM-free music, lots of it is still bogged down by DRM, and if you're like me, you disagree that any music you purchase should be limited in the ways that you use it. Fortunately, as long as you ...

Apple to pay higher wholesale movie price reports Ars

by Erica Sadun (Dec 4th, 2007)

Over at infinite Loop, Former TUAW heavyweight David Chartier posts that Apple will soon be paying a $15 per movie wholesale price to the movie studios. David sees this as Apple caving into Hollywood after a tense face-off. Me? I see this another way. I don't believe the movie sales over at the ...

NBC to offer content, DRM via NBC Direct

by Mike Schramm (Sep 19th, 2007)

The latest news in the NBC/Apple battle? NBC is going to make their own iTunes. With blackjack! And women! In fact, forget the blackjack and the women-- they're calling it "NBC Direct," and a brand new player (not available on Mac for a little while, go figure) will be used to download and play ...

Apple paranoia in action

by Erica Sadun (Sep 7th, 2007)

I'm doing screenshots today and I snap a photo of the iPhone video application. Notice anything missing? Like the actual video? What kind of paranoia prevents a screenshots application from photographing video on a platform that shouldn't be doing snapshots in the first place because it's not set ...

Netflix talks 'Instant Viewing' for Mac

by Scott McNulty (Aug 16th, 2007)

There are a few companies who, through their products and services, have earned a special place in my heart. Apple is one (obviously), as well as Amazon, New Balance, Nintendo, and Netflix. Netflix, in case you haven't heard of them, makes money via a subscription model. You pay a monthly fee and ...

Get rid of iTunes Plus "watermarking"

by Mat Lu (Jun 20th, 2007)

Our own Erica was one of the first to discover that personal information is encoded in DRM-free iTunes Plus files. If you want to remove that "watermarking," Playlist Magazine has a solution: TUAW favorite audio editor Fission ($32) from Rogue Amoeba "can strip out the identifying information in an ...