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12On 21 March 2024, Activision Blizzard blocked access to Blizzard services, requiring customers to accept forced arbitration terms in the updated Blizzard end-user license agreement (EULA). In effect…
Modern-day ebook publishers have been utilizing various forms of digital-rights management (DRM) to protect the books they sell to make sure that "copyright laws are respected and that authors and…
On May 20, 2026, Amazon will disable Kindle Store access on thirteen Kindle devices released between 2007 and 2012, preventing owners of those devices from buying, borrowing, or downloading new…
On 26 February 2025, Amazon removed the "download and transfer via USB" feature from their website. This means Amazon Kindle users are no longer able to download their purchased e-books from Amazon's…
The Ultra HD Blu-ray format uses DRM that requires an internet connection to retrieve decryption keys, ties playback to specific hardware security features that have since been discontinued, and…
During the global semiconductor shortage, Canon shipped toner cartridges for its business multifunction printers without DRM authentication chips and published support pages instructing customers to…
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a United States copyright law enacted on October 28, 1998, as Public Law 105-304. The statute amended Title 17 of the U.S. Code to implement two 1996…
Digital rights management (DRM), alternatively known as digital restrictions management, broadly refers to any kind of access control technology that is used to deliberately restrict the usage of…
Main article: Digital Millennium Copyright Act Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1201) makes it a federal offense to circumvent technological protection measures…
On April 2nd, 2024 Funimation, a paid media-streaming platform was shutdown as part of a merger with another media-streaming platform known as Crunchyroll. This was a planned merger as a result of…
GE refrigerators manufactured since 2017 make use of RFID-based Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems in their water filtration units, preventing the use of third-party replacement filters. These…
Milwaukee Tool, a subsidiary of Techtronic Industries (TTI), produces the M18 line of lithium-ion batteries for use with its cordless power tools. These batteries incorporate an embedded system…