Thread: STUDY SHOWS: Ditching DRM could reduce piracy, prices
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Old 10-10-2011, 01:06 PM   #26
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
Steam is a great example of DRM done right. At its very core, Steam is a DRM system first and foremost, and its goal is to ensure that you and only you ever get to use the copy of the game that you bought from them. With unlimited reinstalls on as many computers as you want. At the same time, as long as only one of your logins is online and the others are in off-line mode. Combine that with the community, the store and their border-line insane discounts when the big sales come along, and you have success on your hands, while making most of your customers forget that what you're actually selling them is a mandatory DRM system.

And I prefer GOG for my older games. Their prices are good enough, there is no DRM, and they run on Windows 7.
Isn't the Kindle system similar in those regards?
1) A DRM system first and foremost
2) Unlimited reinstalls on as many devices as you want-including Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, and the cloud.
3) Community, Store, and discounts
4) Most customers (MR readers aside) don't even notice the DRM system.
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