Comments on: DRM is not dead . . . yet http://www.internettechboston.com/2008/10/10/drm-is-not-dead-yet/ Discussion of Internet Technology and the local internet scene in Boston, MA by Matthew Mamet Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:23:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Chuck Burt http://www.internettechboston.com/2008/10/10/drm-is-not-dead-yet/comment-page-1/#comment-199 Chuck Burt Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:15:35 +0000 http://www.internettechboston.com/?p=321#comment-199 An interesting note on DRM, check out the customer reviews on Amazon of the highly anticipated game Spore: http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/ Thousands of one-star reviews specifically lashing out at the game's DRM. I own the game and while it doesn't quite live up to all of the hype, it is far better than one-star on its own. I have already run into a couple of issues due to the game's DRM and would be pretty tempted to give it a one-star too. The sad reality of DRM is penalizing legitimate customers for practices out of their control--when it doesn't even mitigate piracy in the end! An interesting note on DRM, check out the customer reviews on Amazon of the highly anticipated game Spore: http://www.amazon.com/review/product/B000FKBCX4/

Thousands of one-star reviews specifically lashing out at the game’s DRM. I own the game and while it doesn’t quite live up to all of the hype, it is far better than one-star on its own. I have already run into a couple of issues due to the game’s DRM and would be pretty tempted to give it a one-star too.

The sad reality of DRM is penalizing legitimate customers for practices out of their control–when it doesn’t even mitigate piracy in the end!

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