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Originally Posted by AlienQ
As DRM becomes more transpearent the user willnever realise it is being used until they save it to there hardrive, which is fine with some DRM solutions.
A downloaded file will verify there membership before playing.
Why allow a none paying customer to download files and use them after cancellation?
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The only way DRM will become transparent is if it was removed completely. The point of DRM is to put restrictions on the files use. It's definitely more user friendly than earlier versions (less bugs), which is good.
DRM also doesn't prevent users from sharing their pw's, which is probably a bigger problem. So even if a user has a password to play the DRM'ed file, it doesn't mean they're a paying member.
I think a user is more likely to renew their membership to a site not using DRM, than a site with it. I've also heard a few webmasters who've used DRM, and ended up removing it when their retention levels dropped.