Humble Indie Bundle 3 Earns Over $1 Million
We've been watching the Humble Indie Bundle releases since the beginning and the Humble Indie Bundle 3 is no exception. Recently, with a little less than a week to ...
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Canada’s Election: A Review of the Liberal Platform on Digital Issues
We've already reviewed the Conservative Party's platform on digital issues. Now we are reviewing the Liberal Party of Canada's platform on digital issues.
Canada is in the midst ...
Canada’s Election: A Review of the Conservative Platform on Digital Issues
Recently, Canada was called in to an election. Now that all the political parties are on the campaign trail, what are they promising to those who watch the copyright ...
Third Installment of Humble Indie Bundle Rakes in Over $500,000
The Humble Indie Bundle gained quite a following by being an overwhelmingly successful pay-what-you-want DRM free sale. Now, the latest version of the famous sale has netted over half ...
Hollywood Does Not Take Piracy Seriously
The Hollywood film industry, or at least its official representatives in the MPAA, likes to talk tough about efforts to combat movie piracy on the internet. They rabidly support DRM ...
A Discussion With Russell McOrmond on Hollywoods New Intel Chip
Just shortly after new years, news surfaced on multiple websites where Intel was developing a chip that would support high definition copy protected content for streaming ...
PlayStation 3 DRM Falls – Root Key Found
If you've ever wanted to create home brew video games for the PlayStation 3 (PS3), you may now be one major step closer. A user by the name GeoHot, ...
Report: Ubisoft Releases Patch That Removes ‘Always On’ DRM Requirement
It may have been the most draconian and ill-advised copy protection of a copyrighted product since the Sony Rootkit scandal, but now, reports are surfacing that ...
Pay-What-You-Want Game Sale Closes Totaling $1.8 Million
The Humble Indie Bundle 2, a sequel to the overwhelmingly successful Humble Indie Bundle pay-what-you-want model for selling games closed earlier this week. The sale by independent ...
Pay-What-You-Want Videogame Sale Rakes in Over $800,000 in 3 Days
It's called the "Humble Indie Bundle 2" where people can pay what they want and have the money go to whoever they choose. The famous video game sale by ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 3 of 3)
We have been interviewing Russell McOrmond. The interview is in three parts. Parts 1 and 2 are already available. We now conclude our ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 2 of 3)
We are currently in the process of interviewing Russell McOrmond, a well known observer of Canadian copyright and policy consultant. You can read part 1 here.
In the ...
ZeroPaid Interviews Russell McOrmond 2 – Canadian Bill C-32 (Part 1 of 3)
About two years ago, we interviewed a Canadian consultant to discuss various issues surrounding copyright. It was a fascinating interview and here making his return is Russell ...
DRM and Firmware Update Locks Thousands of Movie Fans Out of Their Movies
Another day, another story about copy protection locking legitimate customers from the very content they legally purchased. So for your viewing pleasure, we present yet another horror story of ...
Ubisoft Backs off Highly Strict DRM and Uses Steam
The always on DRM which forces gamers to have a 24 hour internet connection to play their games may have lost a major supporter. After the fiasco of the ...
Game Developer Offers ‘Pirate Amnesty’
There's an interesting development with the developer of the game Machinarium. The developer has decided to offer a "Pirate Amnesty" and sell their games for $5 to anyone who ...
Battle.net Going Down Forces Hundreds of Gamers from Their Games
What happens when Battle.net goes down? Several users found out yesterday that they end up being no better off than those that snagged pirated versions of games like StarCraft ...
American Anti-Circumvention Laws Becoming More Liberal?
The US might be one party pushing for tougher copyright rules internationally through ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), but the laws surrounding anti-circumvention appear to be getting looser these days. ...
A Detailed Look at Bill C-32 – Canada’s Copyright Reform Bill (Part 6 – Final)
After 5 parts, we begin to near the end of our look at Bill C-32, Canada's copyright reform bill. While we may have covered a large number of broad ...
A Detailed Look at Bill C-32 – Canada’s Copyright Reform Bill (Part 5)
We continue our comprehensive analysis of Bill C-32, Canada's recently tabled copyright reform legislation. The topic has become an increasingly forbidden topic to discuss, however, we are ...
