Privately, Hollywood admits DRM isn’t about piracy
In a nutshell: DRM’s sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights so that they can sell them back to you.
Don’t cry for The Suits.
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2006-2007: Killed By Reader Revolt (And Revolting Readers)
Mike Cane’s Blog- Hello From The Future July 29, 2019I’m writing this in 2019. Who knew I’d get here? Not me. This blog is being thinned. There are posts that are no longer useful. Truth is, many of those should have never been published to begin with. Eh. Starting to go through what’s published here, I’m shocked at how many outbound links are now […]mikecane
- Tick… Tick… Tick… For Us All September 30, 2007Hear, Hear Americans should not fear talking–and listening–to those whose views we loathe. [T]his has been our history: to let all speak and to fear no one. That’s a good history to continue. This is brilliant.mikecane
- Whoa! Apple, I Didn’t Mean Death Star As in Suicidal! September 28, 2007Apple iPhone warning proves true Some owners are reporting on technology blogs and Apple’s own forums that the update is deleting contacts information, as well as photos and music, on iPhones that have not been modified in any way. When I coined the term “Death Star Upgrade,” I envisioned the iPhone becoming this huge, formidable […]mikecane
- Photo Album: DigitalLife Expo 2007 September 28, 2007Of last year’s small attendees, only Supacam and GelaSkins came back. No Pepper. And, shockingly, no Sony! I wanted to fondle the new Sony Reader, dammit. Even though Palm had four Meeting Rooms, no Foleo. Palm was all Centro. No Asus Eee in sight or even hinted at. Damn! The show was shockingly small. My […]mikecane
- Photo Album: Museum Of Sex, NYC September 28, 2007Photos taken Thursday, September 27, 2007 Here’s something for Warren Ellis’s research folder… Reading from Left to Right: Knicker Wetting, Saline Injections, Haircutting, Diaper Play, Shaving, Penetrations, Adult Babies, Shrimping, Enemas, Scat, Golden Showers, Blood Reading from Left to Right: Gaping Maws, Amputee Wannabes, Giants, Casts and Braces, Cannib […]mikecane
- Iran, Yesterday September 28, 2007Now you can say I’ve Seen Everything…mikecane
- Foleo: Hands-On Report September 27, 2007No, not by me. More fruits of the otherwise absolutely incredibly bad (as in awful) Microsoft Live Search: Sneak Peek at the Palm Foleo The killer quote: Would I be willing to buy the Foleo when it comes out? As a consumer – no. As a regular consumer, I want a fully functional, fully featured […]mikecane
- Asus Eee: Carrying Pouch September 27, 2007A protective, colorful carrying case for the ASUS Eee-701 notebook PC from ASUSTek Microsoft’s new Live search comes up with something I hadn’t seen before. Other than that, that search engine still sucks. It’s like… Vista! ======================= Did you just read this post? Now click here. Previously in this blog: Asus Eee: Part One Of […]mikecane
- Google Is The Last Place I Would Look For Movies September 27, 2007Legal Watchdog Group Uncovers 300 Apparently Pirated Films Viewed More than 22 Million Times on Google Video I looked at some of the screensnaps they took (assholes put them in a PDF!). Right off the bat they lie: they have Airwolf listed! Airwolf was a TV series! (And a lousy one at that. Those cultists […]mikecane
- Blog Notes: DigitalLife Expo Today September 27, 2007All of you had better hope that Palm acts true to form and does not bring a Foleo for me to molest. All of you had better hope there is not an Asus Eee there for me to molest. If either of those appear, you think I’m going to write up my Patented Detailed As […]mikecane
- Hello From The Future July 29, 2019
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