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Edited by Big Black Bear:
3/19/2013 10:00:12 PM
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DRM Hurts Companies More than Piracy
[url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidthier/2013/03/19/drm-hurts-companies-more-than-piracy-developer-argues/]An argument against DRM from a surprising source - a game developer[/url]
This is a hot topic with the recent SimCity problems, but I've never really considered the cost of DRM systems to the developers themselves. I think he makes a very valid point.
What do you think?
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It's interesting that the author of the article didn't touch on the other big cost of DRM - implementing it. I'm not sure how much it factors into the equation, but there is some cost to developing the DRM system in the first place, then maintaining the various servers, etc.
