It's annoying as a user, but a product that can be losslessly duplicated and distributed with no effort isn't really viable under any other model. We could stick with the standard disc/carts and DRM arms race, but I don't see how you do better than that. I wouldn't mind a return to that world, but even then all you've really done is turn a single-user license into a single-seat transferable license. But that's still an improvement.
IMHO, the EU ruling that said Steam had to allow transfer of licenses was a step in the right direction. Embedding the same consumer rights into the licenses. I think SKG's got the right idea in concept: requiring a support plan as part of the license and making it a less one-sided agreement. I'm just pessimistic about what the actual outcome will be.
It's annoying as a user, but a product that can be losslessly duplicated and distributed with no effort isn't really viable under any other model. We could stick with the standard disc/carts and DRM arms race, but I don't see how you do better than that. I wouldn't mind a return to that world, but even then all you've really done is turn a single-user license into a single-seat transferable license. But that's still an improvement.
IMHO, the EU ruling that said Steam had to allow transfer of licenses was a step in the right direction. Embedding the same consumer rights into the licenses. I think SKG's got the right idea in concept: requiring a support plan as part of the license and making it a less one-sided agreement. I'm just pessimistic about what the actual outcome will be.
I love watching IP tards spin themselves in circles.
Its only rivaled by black women justifying their public behavior.