{"id":45,"date":"2008-09-30T10:45:59","date_gmt":"2008-09-30T16:45:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.minkhollow.ca\/KB\/Blog\/?p=43"},"modified":"2010-05-08T11:39:24","modified_gmt":"2010-05-08T17:39:24","slug":"when-will-tech-companies-figure-out-that-its-actually-good-business-to-have-a-drm-that-isnt-draconian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2008\/09\/30\/when-will-tech-companies-figure-out-that-its-actually-good-business-to-have-a-drm-that-isnt-draconian\/","title":{"rendered":"When will Tech Companies figure out that it&#8217;s actually GOOD business to have a DRM that isn&#8217;t draconian?"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>There&#8217;s a big todo about EA&#8217;s DRM &#8211; and rightly so. It&#8217;s\u00a0 no wonder Spore is being pirated at amazing rates. You know &#8211; many people would be willing to pay for it (and NOT try to steal it) if EA would only permit you to actually own what you bought.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.penny-arcade.com\/2008\/9\/24\/\" target=\"_blank\">Penny Arcade<\/a> provides a lovely analogy:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Imagine, though, an unsuspecting bibliophile returning home with their copy of <em>The True-Born Englishman<\/em><br \/>\nonly to discover that once they\u2019ve read it, the pages turn to ash. Or maybe they can read it and let a couple of friends borrow it, but that\u2019s it. No more reads, thank you very much. What if they find that there is someone lurking outside their library window, watching them, making sure no one else catches a glance of page 32? Or, god forbid, they try to go and sell the book back?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Be reasonable and you&#8217;ll find thefts go down.<\/p>\n<p>Really, Will, I know you&#8217;re a reasonable man, can&#8217;t you do anything about this?<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-45'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(45);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(45);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(45);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>There&#8217;s a big todo about EA&#8217;s DRM &#8211; and rightly so. It&#8217;s\u00a0 no wonder Spore is being pirated at amazing rates. You know &#8211; many people would be willing to pay for it (and NOT try to steal it) if &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2008\/09\/30\/when-will-tech-companies-figure-out-that-its-actually-good-business-to-have-a-drm-that-isnt-draconian\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14],"tags":[342,22,25],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-games-gaming","tag-software-industry","tag-trouble-in-river-city"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3327,"url":"https:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2013\/04\/12\/40-million-donation-fuels-learning-excellence-university-of-calgary-what-are-the-chances-it-will-actually-make-a-difference\/","url_meta":{"origin":45,"position":0},"title":"$40-million donation fuels learning excellence University of Calgary &#8211; What are the chances it will actually make a difference?","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"April 12, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"$40-million donation fuels learning excellence | News & Events | University of Calgary. 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