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DRM on...anything, really.

glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
edited 2013-01-27 10:12:24 in Media
Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

I'm installing stuff right now and I have to go through this complicated process to get authorization to use the product.  This involves making an account on the company's website, then getting each component of this thing to be cross-checked with the company's server's details, and then and only then will it let me use the software.


Oh, and I can only use this for a year.


Best of all, this isn't a game.  This is GIS software for my class.

Comments

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    And companies wonder why piracy exists
  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    And companies wonder why piracy exists



    Funny, I was under the impression piracy existed before DRM.

  • fourteenwingsfourteenwings
    edited 2013-01-27 10:32:44
    There is love everywhere, I already know

    I think he means "DRM has actually become incentive for people to pirate things".


    Though outside of region locking/blocking (not DRM, but it's kiiinda relevant) and extreme cases (SecuROM, bricking digital devices you paid for on purpose on the part of the manufacturer) I don't think this is as much of an issue as it's portrayed to be.


    DRM might be useless, but most of the time it's also harmless and mildly annoying.

  • NovaNova
    If you must eat a phoenix, boil it, do not roast it. This only encourages their mischievous habits.

    It's relevant in extreme cases, I'll allow. Other than that, it's reaaaaaaaaaaally not anywhere near as much of an issue as it's cracked up to be.


    It's also not even close to as much of an incentive to pirate as high prices are.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^^^ Sorry, yeah, what 14 said
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    Well, actually, this is multi-component software and now I'm confused as to exactly what I (1) have installed, and (2) have a license for.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    edited 2013-01-27 13:27:03
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I just tried to open the sample example the prof posted.


    > ArcView is not authorized


    I go to the license manager.  I try to authorize ArcView.


    > That would exceed the number of copies allowed for authorization.


    What.


    Did I authorize the wrong thing?  Is that even possible?  I'm supposed to have a one-year license to use all the software on that DVD-ROM.


    Fug.

  • JHMJHM
    Here, There, Everywhere

    Torrent it.


    Seriously, you need this and it's jerking you around with DRM nonsense. It's not worth it.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I would go with a torrent except for the fact that I don't actually know how this thing works, or what components I need for the class.

  • ninjaclownninjaclown

    Don't know how to torrent, or don't know how to open a file? I know torrented files can be quite tricky to operate.

  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    Creature - Florida Dragon Turtle Human

    I know how to torrent, and I know how to open a file.


    I just don't know which software packages are required for the class.

  • IcalasariIcalasari
    edited 2013-01-28 16:02:43
    No rainbow star
    See? They don't need the DRM! They just need people to not know what the fuck they need to stop piracy!
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