#Olyn launches, the “Shopify for filmmakers” that lets filmmakers sell directly to viewers, offering 90% of revenue to creators

https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/olyn-secures-beatles-biopic-for-its-shopify-for-filmmakers/

#P2P #DRM #SaaS #ecommerce #film #streaming #media #entertainment

Folks who break the DRM on their #Kindle books, this is going to make that a lot harder: https://nsinteger.com/@zacwest/113991537960396621

This is fine for those of us who don't buy from Amazon anymore, but if you have a standing library with them, make sure you get it all downloaded so you can break it. It's frustrating because you can't bulk download - I keep finding titles I own but missed grabbing somehow - but you have until Feb 26th to get them all.

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#books #bookstodon #DRM #Calibre

Update zum #audible Alternativangebot:

Die Titel sind als MP3 Dateien ohne hartes DRM* downloadbar!
Das ist fantastisch und wertet den Dienst gegenüber Amazon um das 1000x auf.

Meine Hörbücher gehören mir. Ich kann sie im MP3 Format in jedem Player und Gerät abspielen, auch wenn es eines Tages den Service nicht mehr geben sollte.

Die Tolino APP ist ein rein optionales Angebot. Ganz anders als bei audible

Dann kostet es noch 2€ weniger pro Monat. Thalia zahlt in DE Steuern usw.

Wieso habe ich das nicht schon früher gemacht???

*es kommt recht sicher ein Wasserzeichen Kopierschutz zum Einsatz. Noch nicht perfekt, aber damit kann ich aktuell gut leben.

#thalia #amazon #audible #hörbücher #fair #drm #appZwang

Hörbücher hören wie bei Audible - nur frei

Freie Nutzung von Hörbüchern muss nicht umständlich sein. Mit audiobookshelf und Libation kann man sich eine Umgebung schaffen die ähnlich wie Audible funktioniert.

#Audible #Audiobooks #Server #Hörbücher #DRM #DeDRM #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/hoerbuecher-hoeren-wie-bei-audible-nur-frei

SSTV DRM Image received on 14.233 MHz USB. Filename: 121535_Last_TX_Picture.jp2
#sstv #DRM #14233kHz

"The Electronic Frontier Foundation works to defend your right to own what you buy. Your right of first sale should apply to digital works, and it’s unfair to buy something when the terms say you don’t really own it. We fight in Congress to stop laws that would take your digital rights away, and in court to ensure that copyright holders can’t re-write the law to undermine user rights and the public interest. We've won many protections for physical media, worked to expand your right to make fair uses of physical and digital content, and even protected your ability to make podcasts. Now we need your help to change the law to give you the same rights online that you have offline. It’s happened in other countries, and it can happen here, too."

https://www.digitalrightsbytes.org/topics/wait-i-don-t-own-the-digital-downloads-i-buy

#Copyright #IP #FairUse #DigitalMedia #DRM #Streaming

"On January 1, 2025, California’s Assembly Bill 2426 (AB 2426) will go into effect. Signed by Governor Gavin Newsom in September 2024, AB 2426 requires digital retailers to be transparent about what consumers are actually purchasing when they pay for movies, music, games, and other digital goods. If you think you own what you pay for in the digital world, you might want to read the fine print. (Or re-read it if you’re that kind of person.) For years, digital storefronts have exploited vague language and fine-print licensing terms to convince consumers they are “buying” digital games or media, when really they are just buying a license to that content – one that often can be revoked at any time.

The new law mandates that sellers in California clearly disclose when a purchase is, in fact, a limited, revocable license. Further, it bans terms like “buy” or “purchase” unless these words are accompanied by disclosures indicating that the purchase might not confer true ownership. In this way, AB 2426 enforces truth in advertising for digital products, ensuring that companies can no longer mislead consumers into thinking they “own” a digital product only to have it disappear from their libraries later."

https://publicknowledge.org/ownership-used-to-mean-something/

#USA #California #DRM #Rentism #Copyright #IP

Update. Excellent background from @doctorow.
https://doctorow.medium.com/john-deeres-repair-fake-out-79da4978f4c1

"#Deere abuses copyright law to force farmers to pay for official repairs — even when the farmer does the repair. That’s possible thx to a practice called VIN locking, in which engine parts come w #DRM that prevents the tractor from recognizing them until they pay hundreds of dollars for a John Deere technician to come to their farm & type an unlock code into the tractor’s console."

Plus: The win is not as good as it looks.