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  • The Quest To Crack The Sega Saturn’s DRM

    Back in the ’90s, the Sega Saturn was the most powerful video games console on the market. If the Sony PlayStation was a car, the Saturn was a military tank. But it was an expensive over-engineered machine and it failed to make an impact in the gaming market. So complex was the Saturn that some…


  • The Anti-Piracy Tech That’s Giving Hackers Fits

    The Anti-Piracy Tech That’s Giving Hackers Fits

    More than two months after release, it’s still not possible to pirate Just Cause 3. The same is true for Rise of the Tomb Raider, released for PC in late January. Cracking computer games used to be measured in hours or days, but now, it’s turning into weeks and months. The nature of piracy is…


  • GOG To Start Selling Movies And TV Shows

    GOG To Start Selling Movies And TV Shows

    Well this is interesting: GOG.com, the digital retailer best known for selling old games without DRM, is branching out into film and TV. The folks at GOG are pushing hard on the “DRM-free” angle here too, promising that nothing they sell will be saddled with the copyright restrictions you might get while buying a TV…