Lockdown Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

App Store locked down for Thanksgiving, Christmas holidays

by Steven Sande (Oct 26th, 2010)

Apple is apparently going to give the App Store approval staff some time off over the holidays. But don't worry, you'll still be able to shop. It's just that developers who are rushing to get holiday-themed apps into the App Store will need to make sure that they get their content approved before ...

Apple to use Fairplay for iBooks DRM?

by Mike Schramm (Feb 17th, 2010)

FairPlay, you'll remember, is the oft-maligned (yet still much-used) DRM that locks down content on the iTunes Store, and rumor has it that Apple's bringing that code to a whole new media. The LA Times tech blog says that sources in the publishing industry are hearing that Apple will lock down the ...

iPhone Developer Lockdown reportedly iPinkBricks all dev units

by Erica Sadun (Apr 8th, 2008)

Readers report that update 5A240d is now available on the Dev PortalReports are streaming into TUAW that official iPhone developers have been hit this morning by the Pink Screen of Expired Release. Their beta licenses for the current 1.2/2.0 firmware distribution have expired as of 12:01am April ...

EFF technologist on DRM, Apple's role and the bigger picture

by David Chartier (Jun 17th, 2006)

Seth Scoen, an EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) staff technologist, has an interesting blog post in which he analyzes some of the arguments surrounding DRM, Apple's role and how DRM affects the market in more ways than simply locking down content. He also hopes to remind those who have gone ...