The Music industry is dropping DRM. Why doesn’t the Software industry follow?
A common argument against DRM is that it punishes paying customers without successfully preventing piracy. Legitimate users are restricted from freely using the content or software that they rightfully...
View ArticleNew Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites
Electronic distribution of pirated software and other copyrighted materials didn’t start with the advent of the worldwide web during the 1990’s. A full decade earlier, people have been using dial-up...
View ArticleNew Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites, Part II
In the first part of this post, I discussed the history of software piracy, its accelerated growth and some of the legislative efforts against it, such as the DMCA and PRO-IP acts. These may be two of...
View ArticleAdobe’s Move to the Cloud and the Lack of Choice
Recently, Adobe announced that it is moving the Creative Suite (which includes Photoshop and other graphic design applications) to Cloud-based licensing. The company will no longer distribute boxed...
View ArticleNew Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites
Electronic distribution of pirated software and other copyrighted materials didn’t start with the advent of the worldwide web during the 1990’s. A full decade earlier, people have been
View ArticleNew Trends in the Piracy Battle: Copyright Infringing Websites, Part II
In the first part of this post, I discussed the history of software piracy, its accelerated growth and some of the legislative efforts against it, such as the DMCA and
View ArticleAdobe’s Move to the Cloud and the Lack of Choice
Recently, Adobe announced that it is moving the Creative Suite (which includes Photoshop and other graphic design applications) to Cloud-based licensing. The company will no longer distribute boxed...
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