Western Digital DRM
- Also try: Avoiding Western Digital DRM
- Also try: Digital Rights Management
Western Digital DRM News
- Google News: Western Digital DRM
- Channel Register: Western Digital Drive Is DRM-crippled for Your Safety (December 7, 2007)
- Despite being billed as a "surprisingly simple and secure way to access and share data and photos" the new Western Digital 1TB My Book World Edition bans over 35 file types - including AAC, MP3, AVI, DivX, WMV, and Quicktime files.
- PC Magazine: Western Digital NAS Prevents Remote Media File Sharing (December 7, 2007)
- "Basically, the MyBook World Edition blocks pretty much every type of media file format there is -- unless you know the proper login and password. MP3 files, MPEG files, AVIs, you name it. Not only can't you share them, but they won't even appear."
- Gadget Lab: Western Digital DRM'd Hard Drive Won't Let You Share MP3, DivX ... Or Impulse Tracker (December 6, 2007)
DRM Background
- Western Digital: What Files Cannot Be Shared?
- "Due to unverifiable media license authentication, the most common audio and video file types cannot be shared with different users using WD Anywhere Access."
- Wikipedia: Digital Rights Management
- DefectiveByDesign.org: What is DRM?
- DRM.info: Digital Restrictions Management
Western Digital Background
- Official Site: Western Digital
- Wikipedia: Western Digital
- Jbayko: The Great CPU List
Western Digital DRM Blogs and Commentaries
- Google Blog Search: Western Digital DRM
- Gizmodo: Western Digital 1TB MyBook Drives Infested With DRM?
- BetaNews: Western Digital Bans Sharing of Media on Mybooks
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