One of the major topics I like to talk about is copy protection in the form of Digital Rights Managnment schemes and other software. It's important to alert consumers to the ongoing sesiure of control from them, of the products that they have purchased. Technically they may have only purchased the rights to use a product, and not an actual copy, but I believe that's a practice that needs to stop, at least in most cases.
When someone purchases a product, they should have the ability, and also the permission, to do absolutely anything they care to with it, as long as it is for personal use. People should be able to use software whether the disc is in the drive or not, listen to music or watch a video on any device they care to, read and edit an ebook to their own liking.
I will not buy any product that comes with crippling and sometimes harmful malware such as Starforce. If I purchase a game for the PC, the first thing I look for is a patched executable so I can use it without the cd in the drive. I have no intention of making copies and distributing them to other people, I just want to be able to use the software that I paid for, for my own personal use.
Until the executives in control of digital industry realize that DRM and other "protections" are crippling their products and thereby harming their sales, a vast amount of people will continue to crack executables, strip DRM from music, and share the modified products with the consumer base that desires control over their personal use of those products.
When someone purchases a product, they should have the ability, and also the permission, to do absolutely anything they care to with it, as long as it is for personal use. People should be able to use software whether the disc is in the drive or not, listen to music or watch a video on any device they care to, read and edit an ebook to their own liking.
I will not buy any product that comes with crippling and sometimes harmful malware such as Starforce. If I purchase a game for the PC, the first thing I look for is a patched executable so I can use it without the cd in the drive. I have no intention of making copies and distributing them to other people, I just want to be able to use the software that I paid for, for my own personal use.
Until the executives in control of digital industry realize that DRM and other "protections" are crippling their products and thereby harming their sales, a vast amount of people will continue to crack executables, strip DRM from music, and share the modified products with the consumer base that desires control over their personal use of those products.
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