Tag Archives: DRM

DRM stands for digital rights management. It comes in many forms, but the purpose is to restrict the use of purchased or rented digital goods.

January 18, 2024

Jan 2024

Provocative Out-Of-Context Headlines

Nicholas A. Ferrell

While I am very much in the pro-video game ownership side of things, I had to call foul on a headline taking a seemingly anti-ownership quote by a Ubisoft executive out of its original context.

February 9, 2023

Feb 2023

DRM and losing the quality you paid for

Nicholas A. Ferrell

When you purchase a digital ebook in one format only to have Amazon replace it with an inferior format.

December 31, 2022

Dec 2022

Kaori After Story – Visual Novel Review

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Reviewing the spinoff successor to ACE Academy wherein we spend winter break with one of the main novel’s five heroines.

November 15, 2022

Nov 2022

The Misleading DRM E-Book Buy Button

Nicholas A. Ferrell

A post on the meaning of the “BUY” button in the e-book context.

October 16, 2022

Oct 2022

The Thin Digital Line Between “Buy” and “Rent”

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Amazon’s “buy” button is not always what it seems to be.

October 4, 2022

Oct 2022

Stadia and the Value of Owning Games

Nicholas A. Ferrell

Stadia’s demise provides a lesson about the value of owning your media.

July 10, 2022

Jul 2022

Digital Purchases as Indefinite Rentals

Nicholas A. Ferrell

When buyers are renters, a society of (digital) renters.

March 28, 2022

Mar 2022

On DRM-Free Games on Steam

Nicholas A. Ferrell

An essay on the interesting subject of Steam’s DRM-free games.