Watermark | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net KitGuru.net - Tech News | Hardware News | Hardware Reviews | IOS | Mobile | Gaming | Graphics Cards Thu, 24 Feb 2022 09:36:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://www.kitguru.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-KITGURU-Light-Background-SQUARE2-32x32.png Watermark | KitGuru https://www.kitguru.net 32 32 Windows 11 to display watermark and warnings when installed on unsupported hardware https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/joao-silva/windows-11-to-display-watermark-and-warnings-when-installed-on-unsupported-hardware/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/operating-systems/joao-silva/windows-11-to-display-watermark-and-warnings-when-installed-on-unsupported-hardware/#respond Tue, 22 Feb 2022 14:12:05 +0000 https://www.kitguru.net/?p=551093 Windows already plasters a watermark on your screen if you are running an unlicensed version of the OS, but soon, you may also get stuck with a watermark and multiple warnings for running Windows 11 on “unsupported” hardware.  According to The Verge, the latest Windows 11 builds will show a watermark on the bottom right …

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Windows already plasters a watermark on your screen if you are running an unlicensed version of the OS, but soon, you may also get stuck with a watermark and multiple warnings for running Windows 11 on “unsupported” hardware. 

According to The Verge, the latest Windows 11 builds will show a watermark on the bottom right corner of the desktop when the system requirements to run the OS are not met. In addition, you'll see a warning informing you of the same when opening  Windows 11 settings.

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The watermark is similar to the message displayed when running Windows without a license. However, the “System requirements not met” message isn't transparent, making it more noticeable when you're on the desktop. On the other hand, it doesn't appear on top of other apps nor limits any OS features, at least for now.

For now, these warnings are only available in test builds, so you may never see them reach the public versions. Still, considering Microsoft's history with this type of message, we expect to see them in an upcoming Windows 11 version.

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KitGuru says: Are you planning on upgrading to Windows 11? Does your system's hardware support Microsoft's new operating system?

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Pirates have better quality films than Oscar academy https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirates-have-better-quality-films-than-oscar-academy/ https://www.kitguru.net/channel/jon-martindale/pirates-have-better-quality-films-than-oscar-academy/#comments Fri, 23 Jan 2015 09:22:25 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=232143 The biggest reason people pirate, isn't because it's free, it's because the service offered by it has always been better than the legitimate one. Netflix gets this, it's why the CEO recently stated in a letter to shareholders that piracy was its real competition and it's why music piracy has been hit so hard by services …

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The biggest reason people pirate, isn't because it's free, it's because the service offered by it has always been better than the legitimate one. Netflix gets this, it's why the CEO recently stated in a letter to shareholders that piracy was its real competition and it's why music piracy has been hit so hard by services like Spotify. If you need any better example though of why Piracy is still leagues ahead of those selling movies, it's that downloading a movie illegally gives you access to a better quality copy of a film than even those that screen them for Oscar voting.

Screeners have been a source of pirates films for a long time, despite all the watermarks that are placed on them by studios to try and prevent them being uploaded. In the last few years however, the numbers of screener copies being pirated has fallen dramatically. According to Medium, it's as low as 36 per cent this year, compared with over 80 per cent back in the early 2000s. The reason? Higher quality versions of the film are already available online by the time the screener copies (almost always standard definition DVDs) go out.

How is this possible? There's a lot of people involved in film production, many of whom have access to high quality versions of the film. All it takes for one of them to be affiliated with one of the big upload groups out there and studios can watermark their screener copies all they like, it won't matter.

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Enjoy your watermarked copy Ellen. Everyone online already has it in HD.

What seems crazy too, is that screener copies often come out way before commercial releases of films. Foxcatcher for example, isn't due out for DVD release until March this year, but there's been a pirated version of the film available online since the 27th December.

Funnily enough, one film of recent memory did beat the pirates to the punch however, releasing before HD streams appeared online: Sony's delayed, The Interview. It was available for purchase and rent before full quality torrents appeared and that was because it skipped the big chain cinemas and went straight for a digital release.

For some reason Columbia Pictures decided to make it a US only digital release, so the film was still pirated hundreds of thousands of times around the world. Even with that though, the film has made its budget back on the digital release alone.

KitGuru Says: If the movie studios really believe they lose money through piracy, then they need to offer a better service, but at the moment, even their most privileged members, the Oscar academy, receive films covered in watermarks and at a lower quality than pirates. How can they ever expect to win against piracy if they won't offer a better product? 

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DVD Ranger cracks Cinavia anti-piracy protection https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/dvd-ranger-cracks-cinavia-anti-piracy-protection/ https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/security-software/jon-martindale/dvd-ranger-cracks-cinavia-anti-piracy-protection/#respond Mon, 26 May 2014 08:00:12 +0000 http://www.kitguru.net/?p=195078 For two years, Cinavia anti-piracy protection has been a thorn in the side of pirates the world over, by popping up a message that mutes audio and halts visuals on DVD and Blu-Ray players if an unauthorised copy is detected. The technology has been around so long, it was often been hailed as unbeatable, but …

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For two years, Cinavia anti-piracy protection has been a thorn in the side of pirates the world over, by popping up a message that mutes audio and halts visuals on DVD and Blu-Ray players if an unauthorised copy is detected. The technology has been around so long, it was often been hailed as unbeatable, but no longer, as DVD Ranger, a media conversion tool now boasts the “world's only Cinavia Remover.”

As TorrentFreak explains, Cinavia has been a mandatory part of DVD and Blu Ray players since 2012 and water marks that give that protective service a nod, have been incredibly deceptive. Despite format changes, compression and re-coding, pirates haven't been able to shake it, meaning if they want to watch their pirated movie or show on a physical disc or through a Cinavia supporting player, they'll only get a few minutes in before the notice prevents further viewing.

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Cinavia in action – Source: Nexen76

However, now with DVD Ranger's update, that's no longer the case, as Cinavia has been bust wide open.

“The new module first scans the audio and then removes the Cinavia protection on the first pass. The contained video and subtitles will be handled pass-through, meaning that only the selected audio track will be re-encoded,” said Ingo Förster of DVD Ranger.

The company is quite brazen in its marketing too, not even remotely hiding the fact that its new big selling point is that it can break anti-piracy tools. Just ask Real Networks how that tends to work out. However in Germany, the laws are a little different and due to a loophole, DVD Ranger may be alright, even if it is charging $60 a pop for its conversion software.

“In our country it is only forbidden to develop and sell software that circumvents copy protection. The law doesn’t mention digital watermarks. So is it legal? Definitely,” Förster said.

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KitGuru Says: He even went so far as to say that DVD Ranger is capable of removing the watermarking protection from torrented movies, regardless of file type. That's a ballsy claim to make considering how much media lobby groups love to go after companies that try and profit from piracy, something DVD Ranger is doing quite brazenly. 

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