{"id":39311,"date":"2013-10-22T22:35:45","date_gmt":"2013-10-23T04:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/on-hidden-things-and-restricted-things.html"},"modified":"2013-10-23T08:42:28","modified_gmt":"2013-10-23T14:42:28","slug":"on-hidden-things-and-restricted-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/on-hidden-things-and-restricted-things.html","title":{"rendered":"On Hidden Things and Restricted Things"},"content":{"rendered":"
A nice, short essay on DRM and why it sucks.<\/p>\n

And, also, a plug for +<\/span>Doyce Testerman<\/a><\/span>'s \u00a0audiobook Kickstarter (http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/doycet\/hidden-things-audiobook<\/a>). \u00a0The original novel is a splendid delight, so if you're at all audiobooky, I'd definitely jump on this.<\/div>\n

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The Hidden Things Audiobook FAQ #1: What\u2019s DRM and Why Are You So Against It? |<\/a>
\n Digital Restrictions Management or DRM is the practice of imposing technological restrictions that control what users can do with digital media. When a program is designed to prevent you from copying or sharing a song, reading an ebook on another device, or playing a single-player game without …\n <\/p>\n

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A nice, short essay on DRM and why it sucks. And, also, a plug for +Doyce Testerman's \u00a0audiobook Kickstarter (http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/doycet\/hidden-things-audiobook). \u00a0The original novel is a splendid delight, so if you're at all audiobooky, I'd definitely jump on this. The Hidden Things Audiobook FAQ #1: What\u2019s DRM and Why Are You So Against It? | Digital … Continue reading “On Hidden Things and Restricted Things”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,36,79],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-media-books","category-media-intellectual-property"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39578,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/05\/reveal-more-hidden-things.html","url_meta":{"origin":39311,"position":0},"title":"Reveal More Hidden Things","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 5-Nov-13 12:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There's a ton of coolness here, and I'd love to see those Kickstarter stretch goals met. \u00a0Give it a look, and then (I hope) give it some money.Reshared post from +Doyce TestermanThe Hidden Things Audiobook kickstarter is funded, but despite my aversion to self-promotion, I feel compelled to mention it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":39735,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/16\/congrats-on-the-kickstarter-doyce.html","url_meta":{"origin":39311,"position":1},"title":"Congrats on the Kickstarter, Doyce!","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 16-Nov-13 9:10am","format":false,"excerpt":"+Doyce Testerman's \u00a0_Hidden Things_ Audiobook Kickstarter (http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/doycet\/hidden-things-audiobook) successfully concluded overnight. \u00a0I would have normally just sent a quick email congrats, but for some reason this seemed a more ... appropriate image to use.Grats! Now, get to work!Reshared post from +Tim JonesGoodnight Y'all View this post on Google+","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":43160,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/06\/20\/hoist-on-ones-own-drm-petard.html","url_meta":{"origin":39311,"position":2},"title":"Hoist on one's own DRM petard","author":"***Dave","date":"Fri 20-Jun-14 11:43am","format":false,"excerpt":"DRM is Digital Rights Management, i.e., the stuff that (unsuccessfully) keeps pirates from making illegal copies of digital books, music, games, etc. \u00a0Generrally speaking, DRM sucks. \u00a0Usually it just sucks for the consumer. \u00a0Occasionally it sucks for the folks who insist upon using it.Reshared post from +Doyce TestermanDRM Sucks: Big-Five\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":50121,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/04\/18\/narrating-daredevil.html","url_meta":{"origin":39311,"position":3},"title":"Narrating "Daredevil"","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 18-Apr-15 12:19am","format":false,"excerpt":"Netflix is adding audio tracks to its shows, starting with \"Daredevil,\" to assist the (fittingy, in this case) visually impaired. 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