| twesterm said: Rule 10 is the worst of all of them, though 1-9 are spot on. Pirates totally deserve everything for free for all the work they've done for the games industry. |
Well truth be known DRM does help contribute to piracy at least as much as it takes away from it. For instance my copy of WinXP that I run is pirated. That said I have 2 copies of WinXP that I actually own from old computers(I constantly update HW) that have been activiated too many times and I have gotten sick of calling MS because I want to update my Mobo and RAM or my Hard Drive.
I also am a proponent of Fair Use meaning I buy a copy for myself and should be able ot make a copy on tape or DVD or what not. For Video Games the point of this discussion it doesn't bother me for Console Games because the DVDs come in decent cases and can only play on one system or up to three if it is older and you have the most recent console in that compatability line. PC games kind of bugger me though because when it comes to computers I Like Back Ups particularily for games you cna install once and than lose the discs or come n a cheap cardboard box you can lose. There isn't an all in one. Ironically solutions like the WoW account thing do not bother me and digital download for games do not bother me if I can't make a copy(as long as the store remembers you bought the game like the PSN or Wii stores).
DRM does little to nothing to stop pirates though and just causes Headaches in its wake.
