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A look at Amazon, Vudu, iTunes, and Google Play for digital videos

April 14, 2016 5 min read Amazon digital video DRM Google Play iTunes Tech Vudu

Update (11/25/18): I’ve written an updated post about digital movie stores. Back in 2014, I wrote about the various digital video services available that sell or rent digital videos.

DRM state of digital comics (winter 2015-2016)

December 14, 2015 2 min read comics trivia Comixology digital comics DRM Media

Until a few years ago, the state of digital rights management (DRM) in comics wasn’t pretty. Comixology, the dominant digital comics seller, used to offer fairly restrictive digital rights management on

Dark Horse finally arrives on Comixology

September 06, 2015 1 min read comic news Comixology Dark Horse digital comics DRM independent comics Media

While I missed this news when it was announced back in June, Comixology has finally gained access to the last major remaining holdout comic publisher. Dark Horse Comics is now offering its books

Bongo Comics leaves Comixology

June 16, 2015 1 min read Bongo Comics comic news Comixology digital comics DRM Futurama Media The Simpsons

Bongo Comics, the company that publishes comics based on the TV show “The Simpsons,” has announced it’s no longer selling comics through Comixology. The news was confirmed by The

Firefox now supports DRM out of the box

May 13, 2015 1 min read DRM Firefox Mozilla Tech

Firefox has unrolled its newest version, which now supports DRM content by default. Specifically, as of version 38 (out Tuesday) for Windows (Vista or later), Firefox will come with support for HTML5’

Archie joins Comixology's DRM-free publishers

December 11, 2014 1 min read Alternative Comics Archie comic news Comixology digital comics DRM independent comics Media

It looks like Archie Comics is the latest major publisher to become DRM-free on Comixology. I say “latest” since this change happened back in October, but has gone largely little-publicized outside

Over a dozen comic companies go DRM-free on Comixology

September 18, 2014 1 min read comic news Comixology digital comics DRM Media

News came yesterday that a number of smaller comics publishers are, as of now, offering DRM-free “backup” copies of their books through Comixology. As Comic Book Resources reports, the companies going

Dynamite Comics next to go DRM-free

August 22, 2014 1 min read comic news digital comics DRM Dynamite Comics Media The Green Hornet Vampirella

There’s a new addition to the list of DRM-free comic companies. Dynamite Comics, publisher of Kevin Smith’s version of “Green Hornet” (currently in a crossover with DC&

Comixology finally allows DRM-free comics

July 24, 2014 1 min read comic news Comixology digital comics DRM Media

In a move that’s been well overdue, Comixology announced today that it’s allowing downloads of DRM-free comics. For quite awhile, I and others online have disliked the heavily DRMed

My thoughts on Amazon's purchase of Comixology

April 10, 2014 3 min read Amazon comic news Comixology digital comics DRM Media

While there’d been rumors over the past few weeks, earlier today came the still-surprising news that the rumors were correct: Amazon will be purchasing Comixology, the dominant digital comics vendor. This