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- atomicpoet, on 03/25/2009, -0/+25Dear FCC,
DRM sucks because it violates fair use.
Signed,
Consumers - inactive, on 03/25/2009, -0/+13been there experienced that. .even decided to not purchase games because of it..
- inactive, on 03/25/2009, -0/+12DRM is restrictive and punishes the people who pay for the game, not the people who are able to pirate the game anyway.
- inactive, on 03/25/2009, -0/+11Microsoft mafioso Steve Ballmer loves DRM:
"DRM is the future."
"We've had DRM in Windows for years. The most common format of music on an iPod is "stolen"."
http://www.junauza.com/2008/10/top-12-most-absurd- ... - MatthewK, on 03/26/2009, -0/+7I hope this actually gets somewhere. Damn DRM! I've actually avoid purchases unless I can find a crack for it online, if I find one THEN I purchase it and use the crack for convenience. I don't want to have to stick the CD in every time I play, I want to be able to put any purchased music on whichever damn device I want, and I don't want to be treated like a criminal even though I've purchased the damn thing. As the article states, the only people DRM hurts are the legitimate customers, NOT pirates for which it's intended. It's a waste of money, time, and resources to develop and use DRM.
- DarkerMaster, on 03/26/2009, -0/+5That's FTC.
Other than that...You are spot on. Serial keys are fine...and they prevent Widespread piracy within Companies and corporate entities. but anything more than that becomes a detriment to society, and hampers innovation. - dragomatz, on 03/26/2009, -0/+5DRM is why I refuse to buy any more Electronic Arts games.
I only buy music that is DRM free. I wish that I could buy DRM free tv shows. - bblades, on 03/26/2009, -0/+5Kudos to the EFF, the one true voice of the consumers out there that want open technology and an open flow of communication. If you feel strongly about their cause you can send them a small donation, they will send out some swag from time to time. The lawyers at the EFF don't get rich off this kind of advocacy, it is a truly noble cause
- Barackalypse, on 03/26/2009, -0/+4Please don't forget the software version of DRM, online product activation or validation servers. Just like my company never buys software unless we get a copy of the source code put in escrow in case the vendor goes out of business, consumers should have a way of ensuring their software can be installed and used at a future point if the vendor ever shuts down its authentication or validation servers.
- Khast, on 03/26/2009, -1/+4Later this week: FCC rules that DRM should be strengthened to prevent piracy.
Next week : EFF discovers that lobbyists donated an undisclosed amount of money to the FCC.
Worst part of it all, I think that some DRM actually works, like the checks for online play. But requiring installation of malware like SecuROM....which even when installed properly can ***** up your computer...AND leaves a wide open security hole in your system. - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -0/+2 " Like all lies, there comes a point when the gig is up; the ruse is busted. For the movie studios, it's the moment they have to admit that it's not the piracy that worries them, but business models which don't squeeze every last cent out of customers.
In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights and selling them back to you. "
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2007/01/8616.ars - blackturtleus, on 03/26/2009, -0/+2I sure wish our federal government would put more effort into protecting the rights of individual citizens instead of promoting the agendas of huge corporations. It's bad enough that the corporations can afford dozens of lawyers to subvert our freedom of speech rights, but when the federal government decides to enable their efforts, it's like us regular citizens don't stand a chance. Go EFF!!!
- mabsark, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1No. Now ***** off.
- greevar, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1What part of "sucks my balls" don't you get?
- greevar, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1FTC. The FCC regulates radio transmissions.
- HonoredMule, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1Games especially are having a lot of issues today. The DRM they use is getting bad enough to be a deal breaker even for some average (read: generally ignorant) consumers, but even setting that aside, they need to collectively start spending a lot less on marketing and/or a whole lot more on programmers.
It's great that games are starting to get more and more involvement from creative art professions, but never forget...someone has to actually PLAY this turd when its (ostensibly) done. What good is a multiplayer game with broken net code and ***** lobby system, or an RPG that crashes regularly and corrupts saves (even after a GIG of updates that have to be applied serially)? PC games especially are reverting back to the era when the controls were a totally broken and incomplete direct port from whatever hack-kneed consoles they also supported, but now they're laggy and sluggish to boot. I really don't want to play as Three Left Feet or Delayed Reaction Man. It's not fun or enjoyable...or even entertaining to watch.
At least with DRM, I'm deciding not to buy the game long before I get a chance to get suckered into spending $40-80 bucks on something rendered completely worthless by one or more of these hidden "gotchas." - NegativeDigg, on 03/26/2009, -1/+2***** THE RIAA!!
there, now all is well... - OmegaWolf, on 03/26/2009, -0/+1EFF rules. May they always stick to their ideals.
- smacksaw, on 03/26/2009, -2/+2I'll only buy them for my PS3.
- starfishsystems, on 03/26/2009, -0/+0DRM is fundamentally defeasible because of the "Eve" problem. That is, we want to facilitate a communication from Alice (the content producer) to Bob (the content consumer) while excluding Eve (the pirate) from eavesdropping on it. The problem is that the role which Eve plays is indistinguishable from the role that Bob plays.
Therefore, with sufficient effort, it's always possible to break DRM. Pirates are motivated to do this, so DRM doesn't hurt them. Individual consumers are not, so DRM does hurt them. For example, I use Linux but that means I can't play most DVDs. I own them, and I have the technology to play them. I can play DVDs that are not restricted by DRM. DRM is interfering with my legal right to play media which I own.
As a consumer, I'm being hurt by DRM. That's the point which the EFF is making, and I can attest that it is right to do so. - inactive, on 03/26/2009, -5/+0hey guys
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- rsmith32, on 03/26/2009, -7/+0Since "the only ones who are inconvenienced by DRM are legitimate customers" and I never buy anything legitimately, why do I care about DRM?
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