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

<p> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x69_Microsoft-ebook-and-DRM.ogg"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in Ogg/Vorbis format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_ogg_button.png"/></a> <a href="https://faif.us/cast-media/FaiF_0x69_Microsoft-ebook-and-DRM.mp3"><img alt="[Direct download of cast in MP3 format]" src="https://faif.us/static/img/cast/audio_mp3_button.png"/></a> </p> <p> <p>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.</p> </p> <h3>Show Notes:</h3> <p>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.</p> <h4>Segment 0 (00:35)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley mentioned that <a href="https://www.bbc.com">Microsoft ended their e-book platform</a>. He said this was &ldquo;last month&rdquo; but we ended up releasing this show late, so it was in August 2019 (01:31).</li> <li>Bradley mentioned the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_hole">analog hole</a>. (09:50)</li> <li>Karen discussed the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act#Anti-circumvention_exemptions">exception process under DMCA</a>, which <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/news/2014/oct/31/dmca-petition/">Conservancy participated in regarding &ldquo;Smart&rdquo; TVs</a>. (12:30)</li> <li> Bradley mentioned this <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Burning_by_Julius_Caesar">historical burning of the Library of Alexandria as a Roman weapon</a>, comparing it to DRM. (15:07)</li> <li>Bradley talked about how <a href="https://www.infoworld.com/article/2614409/netflix-set-to-abandon-silverlight-but-introduce-drm-for-web-video.html">Netflix and Microsoft used Silverlight initially as the method of DRM</a>, and that Microsoft was a leader in the entertainment industry in providing DRM (20:00)</li> </ul> <h4>Segment 1 (26:31)</h4> <ul> <li>Bradley and Karen discuss how DRM and other lock-down of devices, including medical devices, are creating problems in society generally.</li> <li>Karen noted that the role of for-profit companies is <em>not</em> to safeguard the public interest. (41:10)</li> <li>Bradley mentioned you can <a href="https://support.google.com/books/partner/answer/3309439?hl=en">turn off DRM on the Google Play store for your book (as the publisher)</a>. (43:04)</li> </ul> <hr width="80%"/> <p>Send feedback and comments on the cast to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">&lt;[email protected]&gt;</a>. You can keep in touch with <a href="https://faif.us">Free as in Freedom</a> on our IRC channel, #faif on irc.freenode.net, and by <a href="http://identi.ca/conservancy">following Conservancy on identi.ca</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/conservancy">and Twitter</a>.</p> <p>Free as in Freedom is produced by <a href="http://danlynch.org/blog/">Dan Lynch</a> of <a href="http://danlynch.org/">danlynch.org</a>. Theme music written and performed by <a href="http://www.miketarantino.com">Mike Tarantino</a> with <a href="http://www.charliepaxson.com">Charlie Paxson</a> on drums.</p> <p><a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png" hspace=10 /></a> The content of <span xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" href="http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound" rel="dc:type">this audcast</span>, and the accompanying show notes and music are licensed under the <a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike 4.0 license (CC BY-SA 4.0)</a>. </p>