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Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems? – The Register

By Dan Lockton ⋅ January 9, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment
Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems? - The Register

The Register’s Ashley Vance asks whether Google’s lack of immediate transparency about its new DRM , as will be used in the recently announced video download service, breaches the company’s famous “don’t be evil” mantra.

Microsoft blocking MP3s on Verizon Wireless phones? – Engadget

By Dan Lockton ⋅ January 9, 2006 ⋅ 3 comments
Microsoft blocking MP3s on Verizon Wireless phones? - Engadget

Via Engadget (“Microsoft blocking MP3s on Verizon Wireless phones?”), another example of an architecture of control being imposed on a product or service subsequent to purchase by a mandated firmware or software update (the TiVo example is the best-known in this category).

Breaking Racial Sound Barriers

By Dan Lockton ⋅ January 6, 2006 ⋅ Post a comment
Breaking Racial Sound Barriers

Via Furdlog, a Washington Post article by Christopher John Farley, “Breaking Racial Sound Barriers”, presents an interesting spin on the likelihood of architectures of control creating/enforcing/reinforcing a marginalised “technology underclass,” as I previously discussed (to some extent, anyway) in Some implications of architectures of control.

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