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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
Can't be copied, can be used by family & friends, but isn't tied to the internet? Can someone who speaks better geek than I explain what kind of file this could possibly be?
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Imaginary? I speak geek, and no, this doesn't make any sense.
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The creators of the system posit that releasing a playkey into the wilds of the internet will quickly get it stolen... obviously, they've never heard of bugmenot. I suspect there are indeed jerks who would steal playkeys. I suspect there are also rather large numbers of people who would just exchange playkey location lists.
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I suspect that most people would just strip the DRM and share the unencrypted copies, like what most people already do on filesharing sites.
The whole idea is BS. They're basically saying that to stop piracy, they'll come up with a way to discourage people from sharing their PIDs. The problem is, that's not how piracy works. People don't share PIDs, they strip the DRM and then share the files. This new method doesn't stop that from happening, so it's basically uselsess.
I'm sure it sounds like a brilliant idea to some industry executive, so these guys will probably get funding from somewhere. It's essentially just fancy sounding snake oil though.