DRM scheme that actually encourages sharing

Arclight · 08-25-09, 09:18 AM

Confused? Yeah, I don't know where they're going with this stuff anymore either.

A new DRM scheme proposed by Intertrust Technologies actually promotes sharing.

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Forbes Online features an article detailing a new DRM scheme that actually encourages sharing. Talal Shamoon, chief executive of Intertrust Technologies in Sunnyvale, California, has dumped years of research and funds into a "standard" called Marlin that supposedly protects patents while refraining from doing what other DRM methods have achieved: offending consumers.

Still, seems to be the way forward, away from the overly restrictive crap we have to deal with now.

Raptor1 · 08-25-09, 09:20 AM

Why must this nonsense go on? Can't all advocates of DRM of any kind just die spontaneously, now?

HunterICX · 08-25-09, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

Why must this nonsense go on? Can't all advocates of DRM of any kind just die spontaneously, now?

That would make too much sense.

HunterICX

Ilpalazzo · 08-29-09, 03:40 PM

To quote one of the comments there,

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DRM won't be any good unless it is transparent to the end user. We want to use our media how we choose without having to go through any sort of auth process. This may be a small step in the right direction but I still don't like it.

That said, at least it's going away from the horrible direction it was in. I'm not sure if this sort of drm allows me to lan with a friend or two. That's been a problem I've had with games for years. More and more of them trying to make me buy extra copies just so I can lan every now and then with a friend.

I read this somewhere before and found it too true,

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Choosing not to implement local multiplayer in a game that already has system link and/or online modes increases the likelihood that friends who would have otherwise played against one another on the same system will give in and buy multiple copies of your title. It also increases the likelihood that you are a butt of mythical proportions.

Raptor1 · 08-29-09, 03:47 PM

This is not a step in the right direction because it tries to fix DRM while it's inherent problem is that it exists in the first place. DRM never has and never will stop pirates, and most game companies are too stupid to understand this.

Ilpalazzo · 08-29-09, 04:36 PM

It is silly. What does drm accomplish anyway? What is the point? And can we stop putting out games that require logging into steam and xboxlive? guh

Robsoie · 09-02-09, 05:16 PM

Those securom/starforce and various other drm had an effect on me : i just do not buy any games featuring something like this anymore, so i am out of 99% of the current videogaming production loop.

Fortunately i am not easily bored and so can enjoy what i have for years (i always play from time to time Red Storm Rising, and it is more than 20 years old !), so i don't really "miss" playing with anything new and do not care anymore as i always carefully selected what i bought, i made sure it was always something with a good replay value.

Having sadly few time for videogaming is helping too, as i am then being able to play my old software without them becoming repetitive.

08-25-09, 09:20 AM	#2
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Why must this nonsense go on? Can't all advocates of DRM of any kind just die spontaneously, now? __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

08-29-09, 03:47 PM	#5
Raptor1 Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Stavka Posts: 8,211 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	This is not a step in the right direction because it tries to fix DRM while it's inherent problem is that it exists in the first place. DRM never has and never will stop pirates, and most game companies are too stupid to understand this. __________________ Current Eastern Front status: Probable Victory

08-29-09, 04:36 PM	#6
Ilpalazzo Frogman Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 309 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	It is silly. What does drm accomplish anyway? What is the point? And can we stop putting out games that require logging into steam and xboxlive? guh

09-02-09, 05:16 PM	#7
Robsoie Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 130 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Those securom/starforce and various other drm had an effect on me : i just do not buy any games featuring something like this anymore, so i am out of 99% of the current videogaming production loop. Fortunately i am not easily bored and so can enjoy what i have for years (i always play from time to time Red Storm Rising, and it is more than 20 years old !), so i don't really "miss" playing with anything new and do not care anymore as i always carefully selected what i bought, i made sure it was always something with a good replay value. Having sadly few time for videogaming is helping too, as i am then being able to play my old software without them becoming repetitive.