Some good news / weird news for the Nintendo Switch, a video game cheating service lost in court and a look inside Sonos’ newest speaker. Keep an eye on the site for news today from the Geneva Motor Show , but first, here’s everything you might have missed on Monday.
Category: DMCA News
FOIA Uncovers Part of U.K. Shadow Regulation on Search Engines and Copyright
Last month we wrote about the adoption of a new secret agreement between copyright holders and the major search engines, brokered by the U.K. Intellectual Property Office, aimed at making websites associated with copyright infringement less visible in search results. Since the agreement wasn’t publicly available, we simultaneously issued a request under the U.K.’s Freedom of Information Act , asking for a copy of the text.
This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future…
Nintendo’s nostalgic instant sellout NES Classic only comes with 30 games and no way to add more: but it only took two months from the announcement date for intrepid hackers to jailbreak the device and come up with a way to load your favorite ROMs, using a USB cable and a PC. The hacks are pretty gnarly: you have to dump the game’s ROM to your computer, modify it, and then reflash the console.
This NES Classic jailbreak is a perfect parable of our feudal future…
Nintendo’s nostalgic instant sellout NES Classic only comes with 30 games and no way to add more: but it only took two months from the announcement date for intrepid hackers to jailbreak the device and come up with a way to load your favorite ROMs, using a USB cable and a PC. The hacks are pretty gnarly: you have to dump the game’s ROM to your computer, modify it, and then reflash the console.
The Year We Went on Offense Against DRM: 2016 in Review
A decade ago, DRM seemed like it was on the ropes: it had disappeared from music, most video was being served DRM-free by YouTube and its competitors, and gamers were united in their hatred of the technology. But by 2016, DRM had come roaring back, finding its way into voting machines, insulin pumps, and car engines.