In my last post, regarding measures like DRM I said, “The draconian steps these corporations have taken have, rather than preventing piracy, very likely led to an increase in piracy.” The consumerist has posted a reader’s letter, which was originally intended as a consumer complaint to Rhino. Titled “How I Became a Music Pirate”, the […]
In my most recent post on piracy, I talked about some of the reasons people pirate and, as an example of the draconian measures corporations implement in response, talked about Vista’s DRM features as related in a document by Peter Gutmann. In Gutmann’s opinion, Vista is suicide for Microsoft. I didn’t quite see it that […]
The field of robotics is certainly not new. The roots of robotics can be traced back hundreds of years. The first robot, as we know the term in the modern sense, was developed by Nikola Tesla in the late 19th century. Technology advances allowed more widespread research in the middle of the 20th century. In […]
I’ve made my stance on digital media piracy very clear on this blog. I think people who copy and distribute the hard work of others are scum, even when doing it for no profit. Those who then take advantage of the situation by downloading such illegally distributed content are worse. But being against piracy does […]
For the past five days I’ve been without internet service once again. This has been happening more and more frequently. I’ve been using the same ISP for a long while now, but I’ve just about reached the end of the rope. It’s not just the frequent loss of service that bothers me — while annoying, […]