Lar on "Divine Divinity" : http://www.lar.net/2012/02/13/how-i-tried-to-save-divine-divinity/


Edit : PC Gamer opinion on the Ubi Soft DRM : http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/10/07/opinion-ubisoft-piracy-and-the-death-of-reason/

Found in a comment there : A Link to an very interesting theory on the REAL reason why there is DRM : http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2007/01/8616.ars

This "new" (minimum 5 years old) theory has a very much "philosophical" approach - which is in my eyes always a sign that it might be right - simply because *philosophical* approaches/thought-models usually go REALLY deep in-to the CORE of the problem ...

A snippet from this article :
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In a nutshell: DRM's sole purpose is to maximize revenues by minimizing your rights and selling them back to you.



My comment after reading this article (the third link from above) :

Originally Posted by Alrik Fassbauer;1061127112
And this is the Grand Scheme behind things like ACTA : To export a Licensing Model (you don't "own" the product, but instead you have merely "licensed" it !) into other countries, so, that the jurisdiction of licensing from the U.S. gets exported and installed as a form of "jurisdictal imperialism".

It would be most effectively increasing the revenues for Hollywood if the U.S. copyright philosophy/thought-models/laws were actually installed ALL OVER THE WORLD.

Because then, in the WHOLE WORLD the U.S. law philosophy would be in effect, that IP can be owned and sold - and of course licensed. And that customers can never "own" any work ( = a product like a CD, or a DVD or software) based on an IP.

Last edited by AlrikFassbauer; 13/02/12 10:28 PM.

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