Thread: Clicklocker Is a Bad DRM Solution
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Old 02-18-2015, 07:00 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
The main purpose of DRM is not to defeat the professional criminal who wants to steal your product, but to give the overwhelming majority of honest users a gentle reminder when they try to do something that's outside the terms of usage of the product, such as giving a copy of it to their friends. Just as door and window locks won't stop a burglar from breaking into your house, but remind the casual by-passer that it's private property.

In that sense I really don't think it's terribly important how strong or otherwise a DRM system is. The typical user won't care; the professional criminal won't be stopped by it.
A gentle reminder? So, breaking the law is now gentle?
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