Comments on: Practical alternatives to “Copy Protection” http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/07/practical-alternatives-to-copy-protection/ ZOMGWTFHAI Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:36:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Melissa Yeuxdoux http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/07/practical-alternatives-to-copy-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Melissa Yeuxdoux Sun, 27 Jul 2008 21:53:02 +0000 http://gwala.net/blog/?p=18#comment-21 I especially like the "make it easy to buy legitimate content" alternative. I'd love to see an SL analogue of Underwriters Laboratories that would certify products as being legitimate. I'd even subscribe to such a service as a customer, because I don't want to reward thieves; I want to support legitimate makers of quality products. I think it infinitely superior to the DRM approach that works from the assumption that customers are all thieves and crooks. I especially like the “make it easy to buy legitimate content” alternative. I’d love to see an SL analogue of Underwriters Laboratories that would certify products as being legitimate. I’d even subscribe to such a service as a customer, because I don’t want to reward thieves; I want to support legitimate makers of quality products. I think it infinitely superior to the DRM approach that works from the assumption that customers are all thieves and crooks.

]]> By: Rob Myers http://www.adamfrisby.com/blog/2008/07/practical-alternatives-to-copy-protection/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Rob Myers Sun, 27 Jul 2008 18:16:59 +0000 http://gwala.net/blog/?p=18#comment-19 For more ideas see: <a href="http://robmyers.org/weblog/2008/06/27/how-to-make-money-in-second-life-without-being-an-ip-maximalist/" rel="nofollow">http://robmyers.org/weblog/2008/06/27/how-to-make-money-in-second-life-without-being-an-ip-maximalist/</a> DRM for Second Life would have the same effect as it has had for music. A single DRM vendor will lock up the market and call the shots for content producers, the same as Apple. I doubt that content producers want this. For more ideas see:

http://robmyers.org/weblog/2008/06/27/how-to-make-money-in-second-life-without-being-an-ip-maximalist/

DRM for Second Life would have the same effect as it has had for music. A single DRM vendor will lock up the market and call the shots for content producers, the same as Apple.

I doubt that content producers want this.

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