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And it's stupid. It won't stop your art from being pirated. It will only make the lives of your legitimate customers more difficult.
by imaginenore 12y ago
And it's stupid. It won't stop your art from being pirated. It will only make the lives of your legitimate customers more difficult.
- tunesmith 12y agoI've always thought that a short-sighted argument. DRM and piracy have different effects at different popularity levels.
- coldtea 12y agoI don't know. I've seen DRM that has never been cracked for quite popular software. Propellerheads Reason for one.
- eropple 12y agoReason 6 hasn't been cracked because it uses a physical dongle. My understanding is that Reason 7, with the new system not using the Ignition Key, has been cracked.
- bitwize 12y agoNotator for Atari ST has never been cracked either. Its primary author, Dr. Gerhard Lengeling, is a multitalented genius who spent as much time on the copy protection scheme as he did on the software itself. Some people really want to be paid for their work.
- bitwize 12y agoDRM is effective because while it doesn't prevent piracy, it hinders it, making paying for the work the most attractive way of getting it for many consumers. If DRM can be made unobtrusive enough to make the hindrance of piracy much, much greater than the hindrance of DRM for the vast majority of consumers, it is a net win for artists, distributors, and ultimately consumers. Anti-DRM sentiment is often repeated blindly by pirates and neckbeards ("but muh software freedoms!") but when looked at economically, it makes all kinds of sense.