What UBI should have done wtih DRM

[Feuerfalke]

If they wanted to avoid online DRM hassles, there would be much cheaper and effective options than a USB-Dongle.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

If they wanted to avoid online DRM hassles, there would be much cheaper and effective options than a USB-Dongle.

such as?

its easy to make CD disk images, password generators, copy codes.

[Flying Pencil]

whats this "murdbi?"

secret code I been targeted for destruction?

[Feuerfalke]

Originally Posted by Flying Pencil

such as?

its easy to make CD disk images, password generators, copy codes.

The dongle is checked by a software. I guess you can figure the rest out yourself.

If not, check out development of software like Autocad or, speaking of hardware protections for a software: Mac OS.

Any alternative is at least more cost-efficient.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by Feuerfalke

The dongle is checked by a software. I guess you can figure the rest out yourself.

If not, check out development of software like Autocad or, speaking of hardware protections for a software: Mac OS.

Any alternative is at least more cost-efficient.

I don't discount the possibility of multiple layers of checks, but even those are not immune.
For example, many crackers have manged to get OS X to run on non-Apple hardware, but what really hinders it is no drivers to take advantage of all the hardware features.

So, even with OS X one encounters hardware keyed protection in a round about way.

With the dongle, it can be set up in a way it cannot copied and faked

[JAMF]

I've always liked the way "Fade" worked (Operation Flashpoint). If someone used a copied version, the game would start responding less and less to the user and start shutting down sooner and sooner. It made the game function like a demo and leave the user wanting more.

Still, I'm no fan of multiple DRMs, as it just adds one more thing that can fail and can be doubloe trouble if they don't play nice. Getting Dirt to play with Steam and GfWL was annoying.

[Flying Pencil]

Originally Posted by JAMF

I've always liked the way "Fade" worked (Operation Flashpoint). If someone used a copied version, the game would start responding less and less to the user and start shutting down sooner and sooner. It made the game function like a demo and leave the user wanting more.

Still, I'm no fan of multiple DRMs, as it just adds one more thing that can fail and can be doubloe trouble if they don't play nice. Getting Dirt to play with Steam and GfWL was annoying.

The one thing that really bothers me is one has to rely on a number of 3ed parties to play CoD.

It may be a few years down the road the system/company that supports the DRM is not available, and now CoD cannot work anymore because no one is there to activate it!

[Fritz X]

^ In that case they could simply release a patch that does remove the need for the DRM, just like it was done with Wings of Prey some days ago.