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Re: On Riddick DRM

Apr 17, 2009, 08:31

kanniballl

Years ago PC games had no DRM, and even today a relative few still are released without it. There is no valid reason for DRM in PC games. Anyone who knows how to use Google can get around it or simply do without. DRM is still being used simply out of paranoia and stupidity.

Well, it depends on how you look at it. I'm not for DRM but there's a reason it wasn't always needed.

YEARS ago the lack of DRM was simple: SneakerNet was inefficient. Sure there were Computer Shows, clubs, etc but stuff spreading around wasn't really a problem.

Then BBS, FTP, IRC, etc made things easier but Joe Sixpack wasn't a heavy user. At this point Joe Sixpack *might* have a Prodigy or Compuserve account but didn't know what to do with it.

At that point companies tried things to combat it: LucasArts requiring you lookup a word in the manual, and 1 piece of software wouldn't let me use copied 3.5 floppies even though the copy succeeded (I don't know what that was about).

Now just about anymore can look for a cracked version with little-to-no skill. And the person the companies fear most, Joe Sixpack, can get whatever he wants.

This comment was edited on Apr 17, 2009, 08:34.




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