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There is zero evidence of this claim in this article. DRM is, in fact, to prevent unauthorized usage and copies. In fact, even some of the examples in this art
by crystaln 12y ago
There is zero evidence of this claim in this article.
DRM is, in fact, to prevent unauthorized usage and copies. In fact, even some of the examples in this article are exactly that.
What is more important is that DRM doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to make unauthorized usage very inconvenient - enough that a few dollars is worth the cost for most people.
- TOMDM 12y agoThe issue is, is that DRM fails abysmally at this, all it takes is a couple minutes and someone with the right software, and -poof- your DRM is gone, and next thing you know, it's on the pirate bay, easier to acquire than legitimate means, and more convenient to use.
- gkoz 12y agoThe article makes a distinction between different kinds of unauthorized usage (not all kinds are malicious or illegal). You don't seem to.
- shmerl 12y agoWhat's more important, DRM should never be used. Because it never makes pirating inconvenient to the 99.99...9% of the pirates. The 0.00...1% which go through the trouble of breaking that DRM redistribute DRM-free copy to all other pirates, who never deal with that DRM altogether. What it makes inconvenient is the usage of that service / product for users who actually pay for it. It's a brain dead idea.