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Originally Posted by Psykhe
The questions "if it works or not" - which last time I looked is this thread about - is important for them and meaningless for the customer.
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Since all current DRM is only a minor nuisance to remove, it is a bit baffling why it should be an important consideration for the producer? Also, all current DRM is far more than "meaningless" to a customer who is robbed of their purchase price by foibles of a DRM system like Adept. That is one DRM system where it is only prudent to remove the DRM immediately after the product is purchased.
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Originally Posted by Psykhe
For those the question is "Is the DRM hindering me using the product?". That is something utterly independant to the efficieny of said DRM.
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Your definition of efficiency seems to be unique to your position as a publishing industry advocate. An honestly efficient DRM system should protect the interest of the publisher AND the purchaser, which no current DRM system accomplishes. Since current DRM systems do little to protect the publisher and cause many problems for unknowledgeable users, it is apparent that current DRM systems do not work for the purpose of this discussion.
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Originally Posted by Psykhe
A bad, easily removed DRM can be a real pain for an "honest" (aka someone who does not remove it) customer, a very efficient DRM can be unnoticable to the buyer.
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Well, the first half of you above sentence is a pretty good description of all current DRM forms, but the last half of your above sentence describes a non-existent and highly unlikely to ever exist form of DRM. If such a DRM currently existed, then this thread probably would never have started.