36 stories tagged drm, newest first.
669 points by surprisetalk | 703 comments
Birchtree blog link post commenting on an extended Xbox outage that blocked players from launching even disc-based games, raising game ownership concerns.
558 points by nekusar | 340 comments
Techdirt article reporting that Sony removed more purchased movies from PlayStation Store users' accounts, highlighting the problem of digital purchases being revocable licenses.
594 points by popcar2 | 452 comments
A blog post arguing that the debate over physical versus digital games is really about ownership, prompted by PlayStation ending disc production for new games.
480 points by bilsbie | 210 comments
Reclaim The Net article reporting that Sony is removing 551 StudioCanal movies that PlayStation owners had purchased, raising digital ownership concerns.
463 points by cemdervis | 315 comments
An essay page titled "If You Can't Hold It, You Don't Own It" arguing for physical media over revocable digital licenses, with points tagged by DRM, removal, censorship, and pricing.
356 points by oceansky | 210 comments
Tom's Hardware news article reporting Denuvo DRM has been bypassed in all single-player games it protected, with 2K and Denuvo reportedly adding 14-day online checks.
586 points by captn3m0 | 289 comments
Kindle Direct Publishing community announcement about new eBook download options for readers, including ePub and PDF for DRM-free titles, coming in 2026.
1633 points by pixelmelt | 493 comments
Blog post describing how the author reverse-engineered and bypassed the DRM on Amazon's Kindle web reader to read purchased books outside the official app.
511 points by mnmalst | 148 comments
Notebookcheck news article about Open Printer, an open source, repairable inkjet printer using DRM-free HP 63 cartridges and supporting roll paper, coming to crowdfunding.
432 points by feross | 327 comments
Signal blog post from May 2025 explaining that Signal Desktop on Windows now blocks screenshots by default to keep chats out of Microsoft Recall.
405 points by DavideNL | 275 comments
Blog post from The eBook Reader reporting that Amazon now openly states Kindle eBook purchases are licenses to view content rather than ownership.
646 points by mariuz | 296 comments
Benj Edwards essay on Vintage Computing and Gaming arguing that surveillance capitalism and DRM turned home tech against users and computing should be personal again.
399 points by DvdGiessen | 408 comments
Blog post by Matthew Garrett arguing that GPUs, not TPMs, are the real root of hardware DRM; the capture shows a Dreamwidth captcha page instead.
![Screenshot of media.ccc.de: We've not been trained for this: life after the Newag DRM disclosure [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2024/12/29/7726c93e-094a-4af5-9e8a-ad5b707f0234.jpg)
348 points by doener | 58 comments
Video of a 38C3 talk by Dragon Sector researchers about the aftermath of disclosing DRM in Newag trains, including the lawsuit filed against them.
384 points by popcalc | 71 comments
GitHub repository for a tool to renew and refill Daan Tech Bob dishwasher detergent cassettes, including firmware, PCB designs, and a PC app.
470 points by nickthegreek | 243 comments
Ars Technica article on Sony shutting down Funimation and erasing digital copies bundled with DVDs that were promised to be available forever, as it merges into Crunchyroll.
321 points by unethicalinfo | 125 comments
Blog post on the Unethical Info blog describing how the author hacked an air purifier to bypass its DRM-protected filters.
![Screenshot of streaming.media.ccc.de: Breaking "DRM" in Polish trains [video]](https://hn.urlbox.com/shots/renders/2023/12/28/75c30fef-4423-4b54-a6be-7cbf3e860c5c.jpg)
319 points by p_l | 37 comments
37C3 Relive video recording page for the talk "Breaking DRM in Polish trains", an unprocessed stream dump hosted by the Chaos Computer Club.
608 points by Stratoscope | 211 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that hackers found a train manufacturer's firmware made trains break down after third-party repairs; the manufacturer called it slander.
344 points by NKosmatos | 95 comments
404 Media article about Polish hackers who repaired trains artificially bricked by manufacturer Newag's DRM, and the train company now threatening them.
1007 points by jay_kyburz | 473 comments
Cory Doctorow's Pluralistic blog post arguing that if buying digital media isn't owning it, then piracy isn't stealing.
905 points by miki123211 | 283 comments
Mastodon thread by q3k revealing reverse engineering of NEWAG Impuls train PLC code that locks up trains serviced at third-party workshops.
328 points by brycewray | 167 comments
Android Developers Blog post announcing an experimental WebView Media Integrity API to let embedded media providers verify the integrity of the app and device.
356 points by robbiet480 | 185 comments
A tweet showing a hex editor view of a Midnight Club 2 Steam executable containing a RAZOR 1911 crack group signature.
523 points by skilled | 177 comments
EFF Deeplinks article by Cory Doctorow and Jacob Hoffman-Andrews arguing computers should obey their users, critiquing remote attestation schemes like Google's Web Environment Integrity.
560 points by jrhawley | 384 comments
A personal blog post by James Hawley describing being locked out of a work-related website by Cloudflare's bot protection and secure connection loop.
887 points by g0xA52A2A | 296 comments
Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick criticizing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal as DRM for the web and a betrayal of its open-web values.
1079 points by topshelf | 691 comments
A Chromium GitHub commit titled "[wei] Ensure Origin Trial enables full feature" that wires Web Environment Integrity into runtime-enabled features for origin trials.
653 points by dagurp | 391 comments
Vivaldi blog post explaining why Google's proposed Web Environment Integrity specification threatens the open web and should be opposed.
769 points by danShumway | 244 comments
GitHub issue in Mozilla's standards-positions repo requesting a position on the Web Environment Integrity API, labeled position: negative and closed.
891 points by jakobdabo | 359 comments
Ars Technica article on Google's proposed Web Integrity API, being prototyped in Chrome, which critics say would act as a DRM-style gatekeeper for the web.
446 points by reactormonk | 335 comments
GitHub repository by Rupert Ben Wiser containing the Web Environment Integrity API proposal, a browser attestation spec, with docs and README.
370 points by tech234a | 158 comments
Lon Seidman's blog post about the FCC's response to his complaint over ATSC 3.0 broadcast encryption, asking viewers to submit their own comments.
360 points by wfme | 276 comments
A Tell HN post reporting that cancelling an HP Instant Ink subscription stops the printer from using ink cartridges already in the user's possession.
571 points by jeremylevy | 407 comments
Telegraph article reporting that HP firmware updates disable printers using third-party ink cartridges, angering customers.
357 points by Anonboxis | 172 comments
A Verge article recounting the long process of changing the region on a region-locked HP OfficeJet printer after moving overseas.