Thread: TM: An alternative to DRM? Let's discuss.
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Old 03-31-2008, 11:37 AM   #60
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
I'll cite Stephen King's "The Plant" project as a case where unpaid downloads resulted in the financial ruination of the work, causing it to be unfinished and shelved.

Strictly speaking, King was "asking" for payment, not forcing it up-front, so the works were not technically "pirated." But they were still downloaded in large numbers, with the expectation of payment following, and which did not surface in the required numbers. The result was killing the project, which also served to sour King's rep with many of his fans. I daresay that was not a positive outcome for King.
I would love to have a "failure" that netted me over $400k!

That's not a good example. It failed because it was poorly designed. If I remember correctly, he required payment from a certain percentage of downloads. Any halfway decent script-kiddie could screw with the download count by downloading a few million copies.
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