Karen Challinor

UK

staring at clouds

thats a shame, just as the industry is moving away from DRM someone comes along with a product they've been developing thinking it was set in stone

personally I refuse to purchase anything with DRM in it, install anything with DRM on my PC or purchase/install anything which uses the term "downgrade" such as the technology associated with HD systems

now if someone thinks I'm a thief then the burden of proof is on them to prove it, not just assume it's true and treat me as such

DRM assumes you are a thief so do HD technologies, they assume you will immediately attempt to mass produce and sell someone elses product

they are inneffectual technologies, it is always possible to bypass the security if you have the equipment and expertise and these are only in short supply at the consumer end of the chain, the pirates have easy access to experts and technology so the consumer is the only person who really suffers from these measures, the pirates will have had their money and moved on by then

once the consumer suffers enough they will stop purchasing the product altogether, did the manufacturers ever think about that