#Ep.28 Council of Five Podcast: DRM

News • Facebook now supports hashtags. Video Games • Microsoft announces Xbox One and Sony announces PS4 o Xbox One: ? Will be priced at $499.99 ? Blu-Ray Drive ? Comes with a Kinect • Kinect will be required for system to work ? Will use cloud Storage ? 500GB internal storage (not removable) ? 8GB DDR3 RAM ? No Backwards Compatibility ? Xbox will continue to use it’s Xbox Live Gold service which is required to play online or use any of the apps such as Netflix, Internet Explorer or LastFM • Only one Xbox Live Gold account will be needed per console ? Uses USB 3.0 ? Console will need to be connected to an internet connection or need to be “checked in” at least once every 24 hours. • Microsoft has said the reason for this is for certain features (such as playing your games on any other Xbox One console or sharing them with up to 10 others) on the Xbox One. o Microsoft will no longer make this mandatory, Console’s will only need to be online the first time you set up the console but the ability play games from anywhere or share them with 10 other friends or family members will be lost. ? Games will have strict limitations on how they can be traded or given away. • You can give a game to a friend but they must be on your friends list for at least 30 days to give them a game in which licensing for that game ill transfer to them. o This is no longer in effect after Microsoft announced they will cut back on a lot of their DRM policies. o Playstation 4: ? Will be priced at $399.99 ? Blu-Ray Drive ? Will have a new Playstion Eye • Not Included nor mandatory ? Will use cloud storage ? 500GB internal storage (removable) ? 8GB DDR3 RAM ? No Backwards Compatibility • Sony says they will make PS3 titles available via streaming gaming service. ? Playstation Plus will now be required to play games online however Sony has stated it will not be required to use services such as Netflix • Only one Playstation Plus account will be needed per console ? Uses USB 3.0 ? No Mandatory online check-in’s will be necessary ? Used games will not be locked out of its system althought Sony has said that any DRM that developers want to implement will be up to the developers themselves • EA Does away with Online Pass in future titles o Do we need a form of DRM to prevent theft and if so what do you propose is the best option? Movies • World War Z writer says that the movie kept his title and that’s about it o How close should a movie adaption stay to its source material, is there ever room for leeway and how far is too far when it comes to changing certain aspects of a source material. • Man of Steel T.V • Game of Thrones Season 3 Finale