iPad, Wired App, ecosystem. Or not.
I’m a big fan of Wired. I read it online all the time, I used to have a Wired US subscription (that didn’t work out that well both…
Category: DRM
iPad, so what?
So Apple announced the tablet after all. Going by the name iPad it’s just that – a tablet computer, or maybe rather a tablet phone as it runs…
Tech year 2009 wrap up: cloud computing, Android, privacy discussions
A couple of days ago I’ve given a short look back at the year 2009 from a personal point of view. Right after, I realized there were a…
Unprinting Journalism?
The discussion about the future of journalism, and how print media can move on to digital devices, has been going on for awhile yet. Time has recently announced…
How I tried (and failed at) legally buying music in Germany
Please note: What’s about to follow is a rant. It’s also advice to music labels. Short-short version, dear content traders: Make your stuff more easily available. This is…
Do we need standards to protect customers online?
Google has decided to discontinue their online video store, effectively just taking back the DRM-“protected” videos they had sold before. (BoingBoing has a brief round-up.) This just shows,…
Cory Doctorow: New column about copy-friendly business models
The Guardian has started a 5-part column (“Copy Killers”) by Cory Doctorow. In the series, Cory shows what is so bad about Digital Rights Managements (DRM, also dubbed…