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Struggling with the New Computer
In my last post, I described the first issue I had with my new computer, which turned out not to be an issue at all. I had planned to follow that up the next day with a description of how bad of a time I had trying to install and update XP. But a more [...]
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DRM Hell
It never ceases to amaze me how dense corporate types are when it comes to DRM. They repeatedly venture into the realms of stupidity and self-destruction. Supposedly, DRM exists to prevent people from pirating ‘intellectual property’. But because of the brain-dead decisions corporations make regarding DRM issues, it instead has the same effect on piracy [...]
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A Music Lover’s Tale
In my last post, regarding measures like DRM I said, “The draconian steps these corporations have taken have, rather than preventing piracy, very likely led to an increase in piracy.” The consumerist has posted a reader’s letter, which was originally intended as a consumer complaint to Rhino. Titled “How I Became a Music Pirate”, the [...]
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How Not To Fight Piracy
In my most recent post on piracy, I talked about some of the reasons people pirate and, as an example of the draconian measures corporations implement in response, talked about Vista’s DRM features as related in a document by Peter Gutmann. In Gutmann’s opinion, Vista is suicide for Microsoft. I didn’t quite see it that [...]
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The Consequences of Piracy in the Digital Age – Vista Heralds Things to Come
I’ve made my stance on digital media piracy very clear on this blog. I think people who copy and distribute the hard work of others are scum, even when doing it for no profit. Those who then take advantage of the situation by downloading such illegally distributed content are worse. But being against piracy does [...]
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Software Piracy and Indie Games
It is not uncommon to see a thread in the Indiegamer forums regarding software piracy and what, if anything, to do about it. Read through some of the threads and three obvious camps emerge: those who think they need to do whatever they can to deter pirates, those who think that you can’t stop them [...]
Jan 18th, 2006 | Filed under Video Games