Comments on: When DRM Goes Bad, on a Great Game

By: AeroSquid

AeroSquid — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:29:00 +0000

I bought a copy of Oblivion because I wanted to play it and it had no DRM. I downloaded a pirated copy of BioShock because I wanted to play it and it has overly restrictive DRM.

By: AeroSquid

AeroSquid — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:29:00 +0000

I bought a copy of Oblivion because I wanted to play it and it had no DRM. I downloaded a pirated copy of BioShock because I wanted to play it and it has overly restrictive DRM.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:24:00 +0000

THAT is what kills me the most. While these companies unnecessarily limit the fair use of their products, many consumers sit there and don't even know it until it is too late.

A good example is when I get a customer that comes in to buy some DVD-R's with the idea that they will back up their DVD collection.

When I tell them that it's probably not going to work for most of their movies, they're shocked. After all, fair use dictates that you can make backups of movies/music/anything you purchase. Yet it's illegal to circumvent electronic encryptions.

By: Fred

Fred — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 12:24:00 +0000

THAT is what kills me the most. While these companies unnecessarily limit the fair use of their products, many consumers sit there and don’t even know it until it is too late.
A good example is when I get a customer that comes in to buy some DVD-R’s with the idea that they will back up their DVD collection.
When I tell them that it’s probably not going to work for most of their movies, they’re shocked. After all, fair use dictates that you can make backups of movies/music/anything you purchase. Yet it’s illegal to circumvent electronic encryptions.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:27:00 +0000

Still rather crappy that they use DRM at all, but at least they lightened up. 100% agreed on music though. I got a Defective By Design sticker from a friend on my birthday. When I showed another friend, he read "iPod plus iTunes plus D-R-M…what's DRM?" When I said "you know how you can buy songs from iTunes Music Store but they don't work on your mp3 player if it's not an iPod?" and he goes "oh yeah that sucks" I'm like "that's DRM." Gotta get more people educated on that.

By: Mackenzie

Mackenzie — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 05:27:00 +0000

Still rather crappy that they use DRM at all, but at least they lightened up. 100% agreed on music though. I got a Defective By Design sticker from a friend on my birthday. When I showed another friend, he read “iPod plus iTunes plus D-R-M…what’s DRM?” When I said “you know how you can buy songs from iTunes Music Store but they don’t work on your mp3 player if it’s not an iPod?” and he goes “oh yeah that sucks” I’m like “that’s DRM.” Gotta get more people educated on that.