[Simon P @ May 24th 2007 12:48PM]

Chicksta, while i agree with what you're saying to some degree, it boils down to this. All the vast majority of licensees want to do is to be able to watch their purchased content on perhaps several diverse machines that they own. Of course this is the 'fair use' argument and of course DRM is going to pain this a huge pain in the butt. When you get a license to drive they don't limit you to just one car, you can drive whichever model you like. Cars are made to be capable of exceeding the speed limit, the industry and government doesn't forbid it, and we're just trused not to do it. In your analogy I agree that anyone that's going to pirate material should be treated more severely as you suggest but I want to drive a bunch of cars dammit! I just don't want the DMV limitting me to the ones they say I can!

Blimey I'm getting confused by all this analogy malarkey.....

[Chicksta @ May 24th 2007 1:17PM]

Yeah, the analogies can get looped to death. I definitely think it'd be great if there was some sort of 'digital super-file' that could be bought for use on any electronic devices, but we're not at that point yet. I just think at this point, it's all backwards; people don't like the license agreements and terms of use, so they break them, instead of working to get the license agreements changed. So while I think it's great that they're looking at the license part of it now, they're still so worried about keeping people within the boundaries that they end up making more of an incentive for those people who like to feel like they're getting away with something. No technology can solve the problem of people with entitlement issues.

[Simon P @ May 24th 2007 1:36PM]

Well said. I made a comment the other day on an Amazon DRM-free thread that I think if they did away with DRM altogether piracy would actually go down. Those people that want to pirate will always be able to do it regardless of DRM, it just doesn't defeat them. People like me (and probably the vast majority of people reading this) strip DRM just to make life easier for ourselves. I think if the comanies could grasp this they'd actually make MORE money as people would be more likely to but digital content.