Comments on: DRM is Dead.

By: Cynix

Cynix — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 03:22:18 +0000

To see the RIAA take it in the ass like that about DRM was really nice to see. I just hope that this “new” thinking from them spreads to video ie Blu-ray and proprietary lockins ie Apple/iTunes, but I suspect that it won’t be tomorrow, but will mostly come, eventually.

I’ve always told my friends that I’m boycotting Blu-ray because of its draconian DRM for example and they seem to be getting the message.

I guess corporate greed worked in our favour in the end: they were touting “compatible DRM”, making a standard DRM across all platforms. That really would have made it difficult for the average guy and a bad day for the consumer. Charlie Demerjian put it really well in his article “DRM is a Complete Lie” back in Jan06. Once again, he was right. Enjoy.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1040628/drm-complete-lie

By: Reader's Write

Reader's Write — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 20:30:15 +0000

One would think that with XBox Live MS could allow someone to make a transferable copy that would only allow the game to be played on one machine at a time thus making the purchase of a new unit easy on the consumer…

But DRM is dead, as the smell of death grows we will see DRM drop from other media formats one at a time.
The Consumer has spoken “NO DRM”

By: Irate Pirate

Irate Pirate — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:42:25 +0000

Now if only Microsoft would make it easier to transfer Xbox Live Arcade Games from one console to another considering how often their machines break down. This is why I haven’t purchased anything new from XBLA in the last year or so. Seriously, how hard would it have been to create an automated web page that allows a customer to change which machine a game they paid for is hard coded to? If my second Xbox 360 dies at the end of it’s warranty like my first one did, I’m selling all it’s games and moving back to PC gaming. Maintenance can be a time consuming pain but at least all the games are “free”.