Comments on: The internet: Your soapbox is not as big as you think http://www.philoking.com/2009/07/02/the-internet-your-soapbox-is-not-as-big-as-you-think/ Computing for the OS Agnostic Sun, 29 Jan 2012 06:10:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Timothy Warren (timw4mail) http://www.philoking.com/2009/07/02/the-internet-your-soapbox-is-not-as-big-as-you-think/comment-page-1/#comment-22742 Timothy Warren (timw4mail) Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:23:41 +0000 http://www.philoking.com/2009/07/02/the-internet-your-soapbox-is-not-as-big-as-you-think/#comment-22742 I'm sorry, but I have to disagree with this. "Digital Rights Management" is a sorry buzzword for making the paying customer's life more difficult, in a sorry attempt to make it more difficult to pirate software. I wish companies could understand, DRM only makes it harder for a legitimate user to use the software. I'm not condoning piracy here, but I'd much rather have a pirated version of a DRM-ridden piece of software, because the pirates have gotten rid of the DRM. DRM only comes as a desperate plea to a customer to bear with the developers of the software for the inconvenience, that does little towards its supposed purpose. I’m sorry, but I have to disagree with this. “Digital Rights Management” is a sorry buzzword for making the paying customer’s life more difficult, in a sorry attempt to make it more difficult to pirate software.

I wish companies could understand, DRM only makes it harder for a legitimate user to use the software.

I’m not condoning piracy here, but I’d much rather have a pirated version of a DRM-ridden piece of software, because the pirates have gotten rid of the DRM.

DRM only comes as a desperate plea to a customer to bear with the developers of the software for the inconvenience, that does little towards its supposed purpose.

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