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Old 12-29-2009, 01:01 PM   #257
Steven Lyle Jordan
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Biometric DRM has been absolutely and totally dead on arrival in the market because customers are not interested, in any way shape or form. It arrived on some laptops in the 06-07 period, and promptly vanished again because of near-zero usage.
This doesn't mean biometric DRM will never, ever happen... just that it hasn't been perfected yet (much like e-book DRM).

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Your assumption that customers are criminals: "Valuable products need some level of security" dosn't fly in the market. This has been proven repeatedly. Even fairly non-intrusive DRM slashes your customer base each and every time it's encountered or reported on.
My statement does not "assume that customers are criminals." It merely states the realities of the product market. How many stores do you know of that have no locks or security? How many online stores do you know of that allow you to buy with a credit card, and don't ask for your ID info? Why do you think that is? Criminals are criminals... customers accept the notion that they have to pay for products, and the security is there to foil the criminals.

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Incidentally, I lived in an certain area of Oxford for 2 1/2 years. We never locked the front door. There was no need.
That's nice. Unfortunately, there are a few people here and there in the world that cannot make the same claim.
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