0x69: Microsoft's E-Book Platform and Other DRM Disasters

Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers. Show Notes: Karen and Bradley discuss the end to Microsoft's e-book platform and generally the dangers and disasters that Digital Restrictions Management (DRM) cause for software users and developers. Segment 0 (00:35) Bradley mentioned that Microsoft ended their e-book platform . He said this was "last month" but we ended up releasing this show late, so it was in August 2019 (01:31). Bradley mentioned the analog hole . (09:50) Karen discussed the exception process under DMCA , which Conservancy participated in regarding "Smart" TVs . (12:30) Bradley mentioned this historical burning of the Library of Alexandria as a Roman weapon , comparing it to DRM. (15:07) Bradley talked about how Netflix and Microsoft used Silverlight initially as the method of DRM , and that Microsoft was a leader in the entertainment industry in providing DRM (20:00) Segment 1 (26:31) Bradley and Karen discuss how DRM and other lock-down of devices, including medical devices, are creating problems in society generally. Karen noted that the role of for-profit companies is not to safeguard the public interest. (41:10) Bradley mentioned you can turn off DRM on the Google Play store for your book (as the publisher) . (43:04) Send feedback and comments on the cast to <oggcast@faif.us> . You can keep in touch with Free as in Freedom on our IRC channel, on irc.freenode.net, and by following Conservancy on identi.ca and and Twitter . Free as in Freedom is produced by Dan Lynch of danlynch.org . Theme music written and performed by Mike Tarantino with Charlie Paxson on drums. The content of this audcast , and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0) .

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This episode was published on Nov 12, 2019.

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