Amazon is changing how copyright protection works for self-published Kindle titles, announcing that authors who choose not to apply DRM will soon be able to offer their e-books in the more open EPUB ...

Amazon says it will allow authors to offer their DRM-free e-books in the EPUB and PDF formats through its self-publishing platform, Kindle Direct Publishing. Starting on January 20, 2026, authors who ...

For a case study in how a once-promising technology turned toxic, look no further than ATSC 3.0. Also known as NextGen TV, the new broadcast standard promised to revolutionize free over-the-air TV ...

If you are an ebook lover, you would have probably come across the term DRM (Digital Rights Management). DRM restricts the way the software or multimedia content is being used to protect against ...

The author is chairman of the DRM Consortium. Her commentaries appear regularly at radioworld.com. There is a very important digital radio story coming out of a country with a vast and complex media ...

Why it matters: HP has long faced sharp criticism for forcing users to purchase expensive, DRM-locked ink cartridges or pushing them toward subscription services. Even Brother, traditionally viewed as ...

Amazon released a new firmware update for the 11th and 12th-generation Kindle e-readers last week. It has removed one of the last ways that users could back up Kindle books and remove the encryption ...

Of course, DRM is a big issue for gamers. When game companies use DRM, or digital rights management, this DRM can be an impediment for consumers to play games the way they want it. On the face of it, ...

Hollow Knight: Silksong has unsurprisingly appeared on pirate websites in no seconds flat, but the game has also done what some media executives would incorrectly call impossible: get people to buy it ...

WASHINGTON—SiliconDust, maker of the HDHome Run 4K Flex NextGen TV gateway, met with Federal Communications Commission staff on July 31 to urge the regulator to take action to remove ATSC 3.0 digital ...

Imagine this: you’re in the middle of an important project, juggling deadlines, and collaborating with a team scattered across time zones. Suddenly, your computer crashes, and hours of work vanish in ...