Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/new-patron-economy-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
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Blake Patterson<p>Interesting pack-in copy protection code sheet for the cassette version of the racing game "Turbo 64" for the Commodore 64. I found the box on my shelf this morning. </p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/C64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore64</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Commodore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Commodore</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogaming</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogames</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrogamer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrogamer</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/games" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>games</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gamers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gamers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintagecomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintagecomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/cassette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cassette</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Eurosoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Eurosoft</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/gameboxes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gameboxes</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/photo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photo</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/nostalgia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nostalgia</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/vintage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vintage</span></a></p>
Xamanismo Coletivo<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mamot.fr/@pluralistic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pluralistic</span></a></span> <br>A theory of change [for the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a>, and the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/GlobalSouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GlobalSouth</span></a>]: Ditch <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/IPlaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IPlaws</span></a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a>, and set <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/interoperability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>interoperability</span></a> free!!</p><p>"America's robust GDP figures are a mirage, artificially buoyed up by the monopoly rents extracted by <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/USBigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USBigTech</span></a>, who prey on Americans AND foreigners.<br>But foreigners don't have to tolerate this nonsense. Governments around the world signed up to protect giant American companies from small domestic competitors (from local app stores—for phones, games consoles, and IoT gadgets—to local printer cartridge remanufacturers) on the promise of tariff-free access to US markets. With <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> imposing tariffs will-ye or nill-ye on America's trading partners large and small, there is no reason to go on delivering rents to US Big Tech."</p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>But as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Techmoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Techmoan</span></a> showed, the idea of a <em>"disposable rental"</em> even existed with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VHS</span></a>, and whilst <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/2View" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>2View</span></a> got literally <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hacked" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hacked</span></a> by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/clippy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>clippy</span></a> at least it's not complete <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a> as people end up with a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/reuseable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reuseable</span></a> 140min <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Tape" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Tape</span></a> after it with allegedly just a little markup compared to a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/rental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rental</span></a> and cheaper than buying a blank tape & renting a movie...</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iH4UFUdlmSo" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=iH4UFUdlmS</span><span class="invisible">o</span></a></p><ul><li>Still I dislike that idea just as much <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-1mTvKFvoM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">as</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIVX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIVX</span></a> [not to be confused with <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DivX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DivX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DivX</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/codec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codec</span></a>!] because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <em>always</em> is an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AntiFeature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AntiFeature</span></a>... </li></ul><p>Cc: <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mas.to/@TechConnectify" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TechConnectify</span></a></span></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@FritzAdalis" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FritzAdalis</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://defcon.social/@fl0und3r" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fl0und3r</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://xyzzy.link/users/fence" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fence</span></a></span> Granted, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenBSD</span></a> usually removes <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/complexity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>complexity</span></a> and stuff that can't be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/secured" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>secured</span></a> to their standards, and I do applaud them for that.</p><ul><li>Even tho it comes at the cost of a system that isn't easy to get started with, since one's experience and intuition from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> won't help one here...</li></ul><p>That being said even tho I despise <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Netflix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Netflix</span></a>, they moved to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a> as that cuts down on their specific hardware needs, which is ne net and gross positive for the world and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BSD</span></a>'s as they'll need less hardware, datacenter floorspace, cooling, power and thus reduce the impact of their business.</p><ul><li>Tho it's not because Netflix is <em>envoirmentally concious</em> or some other <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/greenwashing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>greenwashing</span></a> reason, but because their infrastructure is more expensive than personnel and cutting down 5% cost at that is saving them millions even if they pay their BSD engineers 10x to their Linux counterparts.</li></ul><p>OFC for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/commercial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>commercial</span></a> users, BSDs are always more preferable as <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPLv2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPLv2</span></a> of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> would basically make it hard to do the <em>"security by obscurity"</em> part of <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> they want on stuff like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GameConsoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GameConsoles</span></a>. </p><ul><li>BSD is way more <em>permissive</em> and I do like that.</li></ul><p>Sadly for many, Linux won for most <em>"mainstream"</em> applications to the point that outside nieche cases, it's a rounding error in statistics.</p><ul><li>That being said many innovations do get adopted where possible, like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenZFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenZFS</span></a> support (tho AFAIK OpenBSD lacks that for the aforementioned complexity reasons)...</li></ul>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://furry.engineer/@Tathar" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Tathar</span></a></span> I mean, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FPGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FPGA</span></a>|s ain't that <em>user-friendly</em> in terms of setup and tooling, but <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WebDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebDevelopment</span></a> as for <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDDVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDDVD</span></a> should've been feasible for everyone who can make a site that doesn't look like shit on <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/InternetExploder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>InternetExploder</span></a> 6! </p><ul><li>Bad jokes aside, I wounder if HD-DVD has any sort-of <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a>"</em> that prevents like self-recorded discs from being played.</li></ul><p>Cuz <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bluray" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bluray</span></a> players do accept <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BDROM</span></a> discs from like those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/miniBD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>miniBD</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Camcorders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Camcorders</span></a>... </p><ul><li>And even thos HD-DVD media and burners are basically <em><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/unobtanium" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unobtanium</span></a></em> these days, they should be able to use cheap <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVDROM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVDROM</span></a> since AFAIK most <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DemoDiscs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemoDiscs</span></a> for HD-DVD were using <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DVD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DVD</span></a> media for cost savings as the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/capacity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capacity</span></a> of a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DualLayer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DualLayer</span></a>-DVD is enough for the 15-30min looped <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/showreel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>showreel</span></a> footage and basically every HD-DVD drive I know does DVDs and CDs anyway so it's just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UDF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UDF</span></a> 2.5 - ish.</li></ul><p>And the whole <em>"Copy Protection" - Pipeline</em> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/HDCP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HDCP</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AACS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AACS</span></a> and the lice is only concerned about people duplicating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/retail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retail</span></a> discs.</p><ul><li>Unlike <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/VideogameConsoles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VideogameConsoles</span></a>, these players were also <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/standalone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standalone</span></a> & <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/offline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>offline</span></a>-capable devices so <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> like with the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Xbox360" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Xbox360</span></a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7VwtOrwceo&pp=ygUqZ3VhcmRpbmcgYWdhaW5zdCBwaHlzaWNhbCBhdHRhY2tzIHhib3ggb25l" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">and</a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/XboxOne" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>XboxOne</span></a> didn't really hapen,...</li></ul><p><em>Espechally not on HD-DVD</em> otherwise we'd not have <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Flag#History" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">this cool thing</a> today!</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/09F911" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>09F911</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/029D74" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>029D74</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/E35BD8" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E35BD8</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/4156C5" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>4156C5</span></a> #635688 <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/C0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C0</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>09F911029D74E35BD84156C5635688C0</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@topher" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>topher</span></a></span> except it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/price" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>price</span></a>...</p>
IT News<p>PC Floppy Copy Protection: Vault Corporation Prolok - In the 2020s we’re used to software being readily accessible, and often free, whet... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/10/11/pc-floppy-copy-protection-vault-corporation-prolok/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/10/11/pc-flo</span><span class="invisible">ppy-copy-protection-vault-corporation-prolok/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/softwarepiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>softwarepiracy</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/prolok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prolok</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
IT News<p>PC Floppy Copy Protection: Electronic Arts Interlock - Continuing the series on floppy copy protection, [GloriousCow] examines Electronic... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/09/17/pc-floppy-copy-protection-electronic-arts-interlock/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/09/17/pc-flo</span><span class="invisible">ppy-copy-protection-electronic-arts-interlock/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reverseengineering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/electronicarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>electronicarts</span></a></p>
IT News<p>PC Floppy Copy Protection: Softguard Superlok - Sierra’s King Quest v1.0 for DOS.<br>Many have sought the holy grail of making commer... - <a href="https://hackaday.com/2024/09/09/pc-floppy-copy-protection-softguard-superlok/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">hackaday.com/2024/09/09/pc-flo</span><span class="invisible">ppy-copy-protection-softguard-superlok/</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/reverseengineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reverseengineering</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/retrocomputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retrocomputing</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Ellie‽<p>I've never had the 'pleasure' of needing to use a Lenslok, looks like a bloody nightmare.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/Mv7wm4no2Cw" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/Mv7wm4no2Cw</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/RetroGaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RetroGaming</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Lenslok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lenslok</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://kolektiva.social/@dhayannada" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>dhayannada</span></a></span> funny because those assholes at <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AxelSpringer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AxelSpringer</span></a> also argued that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AdBlocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdBlocking</span></a> is a violation if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <em>AND</em> demanded that <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SearchEngines</span></a> pay them for listing them and nit that search engines should be paid.by them for allowing their shit in the index...</p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
kurtsh<p>I got a COPYIIPC Option Board in pristine, unopened condition. </p><p>It copied magnetic traces disk-to-disk. A virtually unstoppable disk copier, aside from physical protections.</p><p>I was always fascinated with the cleverness of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyprotection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyprotection</span></a> as a kid. </p><p>Good read here about the history of this board in these vintage computing forums, including the collusion between Central Point Software's President & Softguard Copy Protection's President. </p><p>Drama! 😜</p><p><a href="https://forum.vcfed.org/index.php?threads/copy-2-pc-option-board.27992/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">forum.vcfed.org/index.php?thre</span><span class="invisible">ads/copy-2-pc-option-board.27992/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/copyiipc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyiipc</span></a></p>
Adrian Segar<p>We are becoming a patron economy. In the future, content creation will be increasingly supported by the subsidy of patrons.</p><p><a href="https://www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">conferencesthatwork.com/index.</span><span class="invisible">php/event-design/2011/03/the-new-patron-economy-and-its-impact-on-events-part-1</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>economy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatronEconomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PatronEconomy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meetings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meetings</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/eventprofs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eventprofs</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://tech.lgbt/@byte" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>byte</span></a></span> +9001%</p><p>I'd even add that all <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/copyright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyright</span></a> should be void the moment one can't legally acquire licenses for it and/or when the owners refuses to maintain the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Software" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Software</span></a> (i.e. fix <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bugs</span></a> and espechally <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> issues), <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CopyProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CopyProtection</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DRM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRM</span></a> or anything else needed to install, use, reinstall or activate it. </p><p>Also any claims re: "<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/damages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>damages</span></a>" from <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/piracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>piracy</span></a> to do so should be nullified and those sueing should be charged with "false suspicion" if <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/pracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pracy</span></a> is necessary.</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAx3yCNomkg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=YAx3yCNomk</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p>
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