TechRepublic Resources
- DRM and unintended consequences
- Back in November 2007, I hinted at the inherent problems of DRM software in the article Radiohead knows more than Microsoft about security. I didn't really address DRM itself in any detail, however. I'll address it now. Technical problems As you might have gathered from the...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Customer, Decryption, Content, AACS, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Chad Perrin
- Blog posts 2008-04-01
- MAC M4P Converter (dmg)
- MAC M4P Converter is the legal tool to convert iTunes protected files to unprotected music files. It is a DRM copy-protected audio and music converter designed for burning DRM protected music to a special virtual CD-RW drive where you can easily get unprotected MP3 files ready for use on any...
- Tags: MAC, Digital-rights Management, Audio Book, AhaMediaSoft, MAC M4P Converter, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-17
- German Set-Top Box Manufacturer Cuts Development by 10 Months With Embedded Solution
- TeleGent, a German manufacturer of home entertainment devices, was developing a software infrastructure called Evolution 1 for a new set-top box system. Fast time to market and avoiding liability from illegal content access were crucial for the business model to succeed. The organisation needed an operating system for small-footprint devices...
- Tags: Set-top Box, Set-top, Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Corp., Home Entertainment, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Tv & Home Theater, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Personal Technology, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management
- Case studies
- KTF Delivers Content to Multiple Devices, Secures Digital Rights With Easy-to-Use System
- Established in 1997, KTF is a leading player in Korea's mobile communications industry. The company launched a music and game portal service to expand their mobile content service. They chose Oracle Application Server as the foundation of their digital rights management system because it allowed them to integrate and deploy...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Digital-rights Management, KTF, Portals, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Web Technology, Internet, Security
- Case studies
- Drm-Removal (4)
- Easily convert DRM protected music files and various audio files to unprotected MP3, CD, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed and CD quality - legally. With just a few mouse clicks you can enjoy all your protected songs on iPod, any other MP3 player, CD player,...
- Tags: Apple iPod, CD, Digital-rights Management, MP3 Player, MP3, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Media Players, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-18
- DRM Converter (4)
- DRM Converter is an extremely easy solution to convert protected and non-protected audio or video files (except DVDs). It supports almost all existing input formats. Output formats are non-protected MP3, AAC or WAV for audio and MPEG4 or DivX for video. Version 3.4 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug...
- Tags: Audio, Digital-rights Management, Video, Ramka, DRM Converter, Corporate Communications, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Marketing, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-04-10
- Daniusoft Digital Media Converter (exe)
- Daniusoft Digital Media Converter is a powerful yet easy-to-use application that can convert DRM audio and DRM video to unprotected format. It supports audio to audio, video to video, and video to audio conversion. It directly converts media stream at the bottom of the operating system, so the output files...
- Tags: Digital Media, Audio, Digital-rights Management, Video, Daniusoft Studio, Daniusoft Digital Media Converter, Corporate Communications, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Marketing, Security
- Software downloads 2008-02-19
- Share DRM Music (exe)
- Share DRM Music is a M4P to MP3 Converter. It easily converts DRM protected m4p to mp3, m4a to mp3, wma to mp3, m4b to mp3 and various audio files to unprotected MP3, iPod and other MP3 player file formats at high speed, with CD quality. Share DRM Music uses...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, MP3, Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Digital Music, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2008-02-01
- Music industry discovers the value of free
- In a time where the most common activity in the music industry is recognizing and stopping piracy, a new player comes to the table with a bold new concept. Free. This is a new and abrupt change for a business that has been desperately fighting against...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Industry, Music Industry, Music, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Tricia Liebert
- Blog posts 2008-01-28
- Protection of Medical Billing Training Videos Using Lizard Protector - DRM Security for Web Based Content1
- Dream Force had to protect their online medical billing training videos that are produced in HTML format to prevent against loss of revenue. They needed a powerful yet simple to use solution that enabled them to extend their marketing reach without being constricted as to where they could store their...
- Tags: Medical Billing, Web, Digital-rights Management, Online Training, LockLizard, Healthcare, Computer-Based Training (CBT)
- Case studies 2007-10-10
- AppleMacSoft DRM Converter for Mac (dmg)
- AppleMacSoft DRM Converter is the legal way to convert iTunes DRM protected (M4P, M4B) files to unprotected music files. It is a DRM copy-protected audio and music converter designed for burning DRM protected music to a special virtual CD-RW drive where you can easily get unprotected MP3, AAC, Apple Lossless,...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Digital-rights Management, AppleMacSoft DRM Converter, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-12-14
- DRM enforced on storage?
- I just read an article tipping off unsuspecting consumers to Western Digital's network storage problems. Western Digital's ‘My Book World Edition' is specifically designed to make peoples life easier. The sales page tells people: "This storage system and all the files on it are always accessible...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Media, Western Digital Corp., MP3, Storage, Advertising & Promotion, Digital Music, Digital Media, Hardware, Marketing, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-12-09
- DRM Dumpster for Windows (zip)
- DRM Dumpster is the way to automate conversion of iTunes DRM tracks from your music library to standard music files. DRM Dumpster uses a CD-RW and COM to script iTunes to convert all of the DRM music files in your library (or in a play list of your choice) to...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Windows, DRM Dumpster, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-11-14
- Blu-ray's BD+ DRM technology cracked
- SlySoft, the makers of AnyDVD, has released a new beta of its famous ripping application, which it claims has successfully cracked Blu-ray discs protected by the BD+ DRM technology. This slap in the face came mere months after its official launch. According to SlySoft: "All available...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, HD-DVD, Disc, SlySoft, Hd Dvd, Digital Rights Management (DRM), DVD, Blu-Ray, Consumer Electronics, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Security, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2007-11-08
- DRM Dumpster (dmg)
- DRM Dumpster is the way to automate iTuens to convert DRM tracks from your music library to standard music files. DRM Dumpster uses a CD-RW and COM to script iTunes to convert all of the DRM music files in your library (or in a play list of your choice) to...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, DRM Dumpster, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-11-08
- Have you ever bought DRM protected music online?
- I bought a .wma file from Yahoo! Music and want to convert it to .mp3 format so that I can download it to my IPod. iTunes cannot convert it to mp3 b/c it is copy protected. After googling I found good converter - [url=http://www.convert-any-media.com/index.php]MelodyCan[/url]. It converts different audio & video...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, Digital music, any-anka@..., MelodyCan, digital-rights management, WMA, MP3
- Discussion threads 2007-11-22
- Blu-ray's BD DRM technology cracked
- Blu-ray's BD+ DRM technology crackedWhat is your opinion on DRM technologies? Are all DRM schemes, no matter how advanced, doomed to failure?YesIf it can be seen or listened to it can be recordedHow many so-called unbreakable encryption methods have we seen broken?How many software protection methods have failed to...
- Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Digital media, music industry, paulmah@..., digital-rights management
- Discussion threads 2007-11-09
- gBox music service to challenge Apple's iTunes' online dominance
- gBox, the online music service company, will be providing online DRM free music, along with a nifty new feature that lets users add a wish list of songs to their blogs/profiles so that they can be "gifted" with the music. Here's a quote...
- Tags: Digital-rights Management, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Music, gBox, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-08-25
- From DRM to watermarking – End of copyright flaws or dawn of privacy nightmares?
- Music publishers are making the transfer from DRM to digital watermarking of music. While DRM definitely had no supporters due to enforced limitations on fair use, watermarking is at the crossroads of what can be an immense opportunity for publishers to create an open model for revenue or a privacy...
- Tags: Watermark, Digital-rights Management, Article, Music, Flaw, Privacy Nightmare, Music Group, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
- Blog posts 2007-08-20
- Ex-Microsoft security guru to dump Windows Media Center for LinuxMCE?
- From News.com: "Jesper Johansson--a former senior program manager for security policy at Microsoft who moved to Amazon in September last year--wrote in his blog on Monday that he may drop Windows Media Center for LinuxMCE, a free open-source add-on to the Kubuntu desktop operating system, because problems caused by...
- Tags: Windows Media, Media Center PC, Digital-rights Management, Microsoft Windows Media Center, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Media Center PCs, Digital Media, Microsoft Windows, Security, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Operating Systems, Software, Selena Frye
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
