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Originally Posted by Bob Russell
P.S. No - this doesn't mean I/we like DRM. But let's please not turn this into yet another DRM bashing thread. That's a separate topic that needs a separate thread.
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How about a DRM-praising thread?
DRM is actually a necessary and potentially good technology if it ever gets done right. I think its fair for a content creator to be paid by each consumer, but the media costs should be borne only once, and all costs other than the royalties should be transferable along with ownership. Unfortunately the people who inflict the DRM are not the content creators, but the middlemen - exactly the people who should be cut out of the deal when ownership is transferred. As a result, DRM currently is focused on preventing transfer of ownership, rather than encouraging it (and the latter, if done properly, would actually maximize the revenue accrued to the content creator).