Hacker News with Generative AI: DRM

Blizzard's pulling of Warcraft I and II tests GOG's new Preservation Program (arstechnica.com)
Blizzard, a company that has recently released remastered versions of Warcraft and Warcraft II for $10 and $15, respectively (or in a bundle with III for $40) on its Battle.net storefront, has asked GOG to remove its non-remastered, DRM-free $15 bundle of those games from its store on December 13.
Gaming, Business, DRM, Preservation, Digital Distribution
228 points by Tomte 12 hours ago | 153 comments
iPod fans evade Apple's DRM to preserve 54 lost clickwheel-era games (arstechnica.com)
Dozens of previously hard-to-access games can now be synced via Virtual Machine.
Gaming, Apple, DRM, Retro Gaming, Technology
10 points by rbanffy 31 days ago | 0 comments
Linux 6.12 Lands QR Code for DRM Panic Messages, Intel LNL, BMG Graphics Enabled (phoronix.com)
The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver updates have been submitted and already merged for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel.
Linux Kernel, DRM, Graphics Drivers, Intel
3 points by rbanffy 74 days ago | 0 comments
Microsoft kills legacy DRM support on Windows Media Player, Windows 7/ 8 (neowin.net)
Recently, Microsoft gave the first official on-record confirmation about the apparent impending doom of the Windows Control Panel. After widespread media coverage of it though, the company soon removed the portion and replaced it with something much more non-specific.
Microsoft, Windows, Legacy Software, DRM, Operating Systems
6 points by croes 82 days ago | 0 comments