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Lord Nikon · 31-05-2010, 16:28

For every method of tracking a countermeasure will be created, this has happened since the internet became available to the masses. It's an endless game of tag the industry has used to justify increasing prices. "We must increase price to combat losses due to piracy" "We have spend millions on DRM, we need to make it back"
DVDs were protected against copying by CSS - broken
DVD Region codes - broken
DVD RCE checking region more than once - broken
Blu ray protection - broken
Rootkit enabled CDs - broken
It's an endless game of tag used by the industry to try to retain the old methods of making money from movies. Baen looked at it from the perspective of "How do we use this to our advantage" with their epublishing business, and turned the standard market model on it's head. And made it a success.

Yes the baen model is about books and epublishing. That's because baen were the first to take the chance. To my knowledge no-one in the music or movie industry has attempted to take the same step with their industry. If they did I am sure the same surprises would be there.

31-05-2010, 16:28	#43
Lord Nikon Inactive Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: NW UK Posts: 3,546	Re: OFCOM speaks on Anti-piracy measures. For every method of tracking a countermeasure will be created, this has happened since the internet became available to the masses. It's an endless game of tag the industry has used to justify increasing prices. "We must increase price to combat losses due to piracy" "We have spend millions on DRM, we need to make it back" DVDs were protected against copying by CSS - broken DVD Region codes - broken DVD RCE checking region more than once - broken Blu ray protection - broken Rootkit enabled CDs - broken It's an endless game of tag used by the industry to try to retain the old methods of making money from movies. Baen looked at it from the perspective of "How do we use this to our advantage" with their epublishing business, and turned the standard market model on it's head. And made it a success. Yes the baen model is about books and epublishing. That's because baen were the first to take the chance. To my knowledge no-one in the music or movie industry has attempted to take the same step with their industry. If they did I am sure the same surprises would be there.