content protection

Next Generation 'Piracy': Piracy Goes 3D

Techdirt  Wed, 03/09/2011 - 06:07

Just as growing segments of the population are expressing that they're sick of too many movies being offered in 3D for no good reason other than to get people to pay more for it, it appears that the "pirate" community is jumping on the 3D bandwagon as well.

They're getting better and better at offering unauthorized versions in 3D, either via applying a tool to make a 2D rip appear 3D, or through some new methods to fully rip a 3D Blu-ray.


 

Electronic Arts Tries to Kill PC Gaming

Extremetech  Mon, 09/15/2008 - 05:15

Content protection, aka DRM, has long been a factor in PC gaming. But EA's latest attempt to squash piracy does too much collateral damage.


 

WirelessHD Receives Hollywood's Approval

Extremetech  Thu, 08/28/2008 - 16:15

The WirelessHD technology developed by SiBEAM received a significant boost on Wednesday when Hollywood's content czar blessed its content-protection scheme.