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World Wide Web Consortium and Digital Rights Management: Innovating Stagnation

World Wide Web Consortium and Digital Rights Management: Innovating Stagnation

The history of “Digital Rights Management” software while relatively new, has been quite controversial. Oftentimes advocates of online privacy and security argue about the possibilities of abuse stemming from such DRM technologies, along with activists and proponents of the...
By Nikiforos Pingouras on 09/24/17 Comments Off on World Wide Web Consortium and Digital Rights Management: Innovating Stagnation
Piracy in the Gaming Industry; Consumers at a Loss

Piracy in the Gaming Industry; Consumers at a Loss

  Piracy has been both a key aspect and influencer of the video gaming industry ever seen its conception. It has affected the way in which games are perceived, played, made, and the way in which they are sold....
By Joseph Jackson on 03/19/13 Comments Off on Piracy in the Gaming Industry; Consumers at a Loss
Digital Comics in the face of DRM

Digital Comics in the face of DRM

With the dominating presence of smartphone and tablet technologies within todays current market, it is clear to see why major comic book publishers have placed large amounts of focus and resources into the digital publishing frontier. Both interactive elements...
By Joseph Jackson on 03/04/13 1

Thoughts on the Contemporary Gaming Landscape

This post is a bit of an experiment. Basically, it's a summary of what I would like to write my thesis about. In the spirit of open collaboration, I'd like to know what you think of this idea. Obviously,...
By Laurent Hubeek on 04/27/11 Comments Off on Thoughts on the Contemporary Gaming Landscape

The Holy Grail of Digital Publishing

Digital reading is becoming more and more popular. In 2010, more then 12 million E-readers have been sold and still, this is only the beginning (see for yourself, how many people do you know that own a Kindle or...
By Joris Pekel on 10/21/10 Comments Off on The Holy Grail of Digital Publishing

Gently Down the Stream: Advances in the Digital Distribution of Video Games

The landscape of video game distribution is changing. Despite its relative youth, the video game industry has known quite a few different distribution methods already – tapes, floppy discs, CDs, DVDs and now direct downloading and streaming services.
By Laurent Hubeek on 10/18/10 6

The Battle for the Internet

Things seem to be looking up in the battle for the Internet. For years now ACTA negations have been mired in secrecy and controversy. The leaked documents from the negotiations painted a bleak picture of corporations using their lobbying...
By Onur Yilmaz on 09/10/10 Comments Off on The Battle for the Internet