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  | 8 special trains for Somwati Amavasya Found at 3/11/2010 via www.centralchronicle.com
By Our Staff Reporter Bhopal, Mar 11: DRM Pradeep Kumar Agrawal has directed the officials to make sufficient arrangement for the devotee to visit Hoshangabad and come back on the occasion of Somwati Amavasya. More...
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| Silent Hunter 5 Collector's Edition recalled in Germany Found at 3/11/2010 via news.bigdownload.com
Filed under: Simulation Ubisoft already has enough problems with Silent Hunter 5 . The recently released latest game in their WWII naval simulation series had some launch issues related to the game's use of the "Always On" DRM set-up. Now comes word via a German web site that the Collector's Edition of the game has been pulled out of Germany. As some of you may know, the German government bans ... More...
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| Futuremark: PC games "need to be hassle free" in terms of DRM set-ups Found at 3/11/2010 via news.bigdownload.com
Filed under: FPS , Multiplayer Ubisoft 's new take on putting in an "always on" online connection as their DRM set-up for PC games hasn't really worked well in practice so far as attacks on their DRM servers in the past few have prevented many people from playing the games they have paid for. For Futuremark Games Studio , makers of the recent zero-g based shooter Shattered Horizon , having a set ... More...
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| eMusic No Longer Accepting Aussie Subscribers Found at 3/10/2010 via www.gizmodo.com.au
eMusic was always one of the good, cheap, global online music stores that offered music without DRM. And now they?re not accepting any new Australian subscribers. (more?) More...
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| News: iTunes LP failing to boost album sales Found at 3/10/2010 via www.ilounge.com
Apple?s relatively new iTunes LP digital album format wasn?t originally proposed by the company, and has yet to significantly boost album sales, according to a new report. Citing anonymous industry sources, GigaOM reports that the format was in fact a result of the same negotiations between Apple and the major music labels that led to DRM-free songs and flexible pricing on the iTunes Store; a ... More...
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| TVCatchup review Found at 3/10/2010 via www.macworld.co.uk
Pros: Decent selection of TV and radio stations all in one place, excellent TV guide with links to content currently being broadcast, can be viewed on slow internet connections, more channels and PVR functionality promised, shows when channels are off-air, no DRM restrictions, good TVCatchup support via forum. More...
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| Ubisoft Revive DRM Servers After DDoS Attack Found at 3/9/2010 via www.tomshardware.com
The DRM servers come back just in time to greet the new North American Assassin's Creed II PC gamers. Assassin's Creed - Ubisoft - Denial-of-service attack - Digital rights management - DRM More...
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| GoG.com adds AquaNox to library of games Found at 3/9/2010 via news.bigdownload.com
Filed under: Action The team at the DRM-free PC gaming download site GoG.com are taking a bit of a break from adding new games owned and/or developed by Activision with their newest entry. Today they have added the underwater action shooter game AquaNox which was first released in 2001 from developer Massive Development (not to be confused with Massive Entertainment who made the Ground Control ... More...
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| Futuremark says DRM should be hassle free Found at 3/9/2010 via www.avault.com
Futuremark Games Studio has chimed in on what may one day be known as the great DRM Debate, and in an interview with CVG, criticized Ubisoft for punishing its paying customers. Producer Jaakko Haapasalo believes DRM should be convenient and hassle-free at all times. ?The question I ask myself with all DRM approaches is will it [...] More...
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| Ubisoft's DRM Servers Under Attack by Hackers Found at 3/9/2010 via www.ugo.com
Server problems kept gamers from playing even single-player games for hours. More...
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| Ubisoft?s DRM servers hacked again Found at 3/9/2010 via www.avault.com
Destructoid reports that Ubisoft?s DRM servers were attacked once again, and players found themselves locked out of their games. The publisher has been experiencing problems with DOS attacks since the weekend, but initially reported the problem as an issue of ?unprecedented demand? before revealing the truth. ?Our servers are under attack again. Some gamers are [...] More...
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| Ubisoft's DRM system is shot to pieces Found at 3/9/2010 via feeds.theinquirer.net
Lawrence Latif THE INQUIRER Comment Can't even win at its own game More...
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| RIAA labels 'forced' Apple to make iTunes LP: sources Found at 3/9/2010 via www.macnn.com
The creation of iTunes LP was largely the result of major label pressure on Apple, a series of telling leaks has revealed. Music industry contacts claim that the 'deluxe' albums were a necessary part of the same deal that also forced variable song pricing in exchange for an all DRM-free catalog. The RIAA member labels, not Apple, wanted to resuscitate album sales and thought the bundle of ... More...
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| News// Second Attack On Ubisoft's Servers Over PC DRM Found at 3/9/2010 via news.spong.com
(9 Mar 2010) Paying gamers can't connect to play their game. More...
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| Hacked DRM servers make Assassin's Creed 2 unplayable for some Found at 3/9/2010 via www.networkworld.com
Ubisoft's maligned digital rights management system took a major hit yesterday, as hackers were able to affect DRM servers, rendering Assassin's Creed 2 and Silent Hunter 5 unplayable for select players for over six hours. More...
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