Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM

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From: Loren Pechtel
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:38

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On Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:27:35 -0400, David Alex Lamb
<dalamb@cs.queensu.ca> wrote:

>Magnate wrote:
>> I've resisted the temptation to join this thread so far, but I just have to 
>> say that that's the best explanation for why DRM is a bad thing that I've 
>> ever seen.
>
>I guess it's an application of the basic idea that an officer should 
>never issue an order he knows won't be obeyed, and a legislature should 
>be wary about passing laws they know are going to be largely ignored.

Agreed.  DRM just encourages hostility towards the game makers and
thus encourages piracy.

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From: Loren Pechtel <lorenpechtel@hotmail.invalid.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.rpg, comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: Amazon.com users hate "Spore" DRM
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