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Originally Posted by Makaveli
I don't understand whats so hard about protecting your content? Why not use DRM? Wouldn't that solve all this bullshit?? I hear stuff like oh the surfers hates it, they leave if they can't download the videos. You know what I say? FUCK the Surfer. If you have high quality exclusive content then will he really leave if he's a fan of your stuff? No he'll stay a member as long as he was going too anyway, then once he cancels his membership he gets no more access to your content. Cya wanker, want access again? Pay me. You spend millions on content and just leave it out in the open for anybody to come in and take it?? Doesn't make sense to me.  |
DRM is a technology that is great in theory but horrible in practice. Users drive what technology is used. We've asked our members and they aren't interested in us implementing DRM. In fact many of them said they would cancel and look for a site that wasn't using DRM. And make no mistake about it there is always a site out there willing to do something you aren't to get the business. DRM wouldn't help. If someone is a member they could turn around and upload our videos while the DRM allows them to have them on their computer and they are then converted to flash and the DRM is then useless. The other thing is photos can't be protected by DRM.
Your attitude about 'FUCK the surfer' is the worst attitude you could have. My company is built on listening to the surfer and giving them exactly what they want. It's worked out pretty good for us so far
