If UBI's DRM scheme is unacceptable...

[WTE_Galway]

Originally Posted by Wolf_Rider

There's only one sector to be getting upset at, and that isn't the developers or publishers... its the thieves (the pirates), the small percentage of people that bugger it up for everyone else

The pirate scare is a little bit like the mythical terrorist scare, its exaggerated out of all proportion.

Its well documented that:

a) commercial pirates will crack any DRM if the title is worth selling out of Shanghai
b) casual pirates tend to be collectors who would never buy the product anyway.

The REAL purpose of these online DRM is to prevent resale of the products second hand on ebay once the user is bored with them. It also makes the move to "pay per year/month" software eventually much easier.

By the way I am amazed how many people on these forums seem to get outraged at NG for insisting on royalties and then turn around and endorse onerous DRM schemes. Seems a bit hypocritical really.