Super User
Super User

Questions tagged [drm]

Digital rights management refers to technical means by which a copyright holder controls access to a copyrighted work.

Digital rights management (DRM) refers to technical means by which a copyright holder controls access to a copyrighted work. Questions about circumventing DRM for a legitimate purpose are permitted (although discouraged), but any questions that clearly involve illegal activities will be closed as off topic. For more information on DRM, see the Wikipedia article.

90 questions
89
votes
23 answers

How can I explain why DRM cannot work?

I am looking for the shortest comprehensive way to explain to people that are trying to use DRM as a technology to prevent users from using their data in some fashion deemed undesirable, why their solution cannot work by definition. Ideally I'd like…
jerryjvl
  • 2,535
54
votes
4 answers

How can I remove DRM from my Kindle books?

How can I remove DRM from Kindle books I've purchased from Amazon?
user1114
  • 1,671
53
votes
2 answers

Remove DRM from ePub Files?

I have a bunch of ePub files that I have bought from Barnes & Noble that I'd like to be able to read in my Kindle App. Is there anyway to do this? UPDATE for those who are lecturing me on the law and morality: Simply breaking DRM is not illegal in…
matt
  • 1,519
16
votes
2 answers

I don't have a monitor; how to play copy-protected content?

Let me preface this with the fact that I am totally blind so do not have a monitor hooked up to my computer. I have a cable card tuner that I would like to use to record and play TV shows. It appears that I can record anything I want but cannot play…
Jared
  • 2,313
15
votes
6 answers

Torrents: Can I protect my software by sending wrong bytes?

It's a topic that interests everyone. How can I protect my software against stealing, hacking, reverse engineering? I was thinking: Do my best to protect the program for reverse engineering. Then people will crack it and seed it with torrents. Then…
Martijn Courteaux
  • 335
13
votes
2 answers

Generate PDF that is not editable

Is it possible to generate a PDF that is not editable? Currently, the documents I generate using pdflatex may be edited with applications such as Adobe Acrobat X Pro. I have some PDF documents which cannot be edited with Acrobat, so, how can I…
Chico Sokol
  • 243
8
votes
4 answers

What is the "0x00000000" region mask on locally ripped DVDs?

The region mask appears to be changed to 0x00000000 when using various ripping software which can decrypt (i.e. remove the DRM) the discs. mpv reports: libdvdnav: DVD disk reports itself with Region mask 0x00000000. Regions: 01 02 03 04 05 06 07…
user198350
  • 4,269
8
votes
2 answers

How does the "Steam" platform work? Is it DRM? Can I trust "Steam"-powered software?

UPDATE: This question lives on at gaming.stackexchange.com. So – I just bought the new game Supreme Commander 2. This question is not about the game, but about the online software installation platform that it seems to require. I haven't bought a…
Chris W. Rea
  • 10,978
7
votes
12 answers

Restrict print copies on a PDF

We have a very specific use case for an application we're developing, where a user will be presented with a PDF document, which they can print off. However, we need to be able to restrict the PDF so it can only be printed off once. Does anyone know…
pauldunlop
  • 175
7
votes
3 answers

Check if audio file contains DRM

How can I verify if a file is protected by DRM? On OS X, by command line or by other methods.
ıɾuǝʞ
  • 241
6
votes
2 answers

Out of MTRRs at boot

It seems my laptop (an Acer Aspire One AOA150) runs out of MTRRs at boot. I've done some googling on the problem and read that people recommend turning on MTRR sanitizing to fix it, however, it still occurs. I'm running Arch Linux (but that…
Matthieu Cartier
  • 3,570
5
votes
3 answers

Legal way to get movies/shows onto a non-networked computer

I have some relatively young children and when I got a faster computer, I gave them my old one. For the moment, I am keeping that computer entirely off network, but I would like to be able to put a few movies or tv shows on it for them. But I am…
TimothyAWiseman
  • 278
4
votes
3 answers

Print a secure PDF to a file using a PDF printer

I have a secured PDF document that allows printing but not saving. So printing to a real printer will work but using a PDF printer to save it won’t work. Is there a way to fool Acrobat Reader to think I’m a printing to a printer but actually using…
John
  • 41
4
votes
3 answers

How to convert a library of DRM'd iTunes AAC songs to unprotected mp3s for free?

How to convert a library of DRM'd iTunes ACC songs to unprotected mp3s for free?
burnt1ce
  • 1,257
4
votes
1 answer

Difference between Content Protection and DRM

In this recent post about criticism regarding built-in DRM in Intels SandyBridge processors, Intel denies that there's any DRM in Sandybridge processors but goes on to say that Intel created Intel insider, an extra layer of content protection.…
BlueGene
  • 227
1
2 3 4 5 6