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djscrib · 08-12-2005, 04:09 AM

Well I'm a DRM provider but I'll play devil's advocate and give you the Cons.

DRM support is an absolute mess on Macs. Expect to piss off your mac users. Even if you add V1 support (which works on mac) around 40% of the time things are not configured right and they can't get it to work.

The DRM component on a small percentage of Windows computers is fucked. This problem is worse on Win9x, and for older versions of Windows Media Player (7 and 8). When the component is fucked the user can't get a license to play the content which obviously doesn't go over that well. In certain cases the problem can be fixed by upgrading to the latest version of WMP but that mainly helps users on XP systems who can upgrade to WMP 10 (which as a much better version of the DRM component than wmp 7-9).

No user's out there are asking for DRM so merely having it will upset some percentage of them. No user in the history of the internet has been happier because DRM was added to a file.

It's crackable. It's a royal pain in the ass, but you can run screen recording software, or if you have just the right configuration can run a little known crack program. (Not FreeMe). Luckily doing this is beyond the scope of 99% of users.

So those are the honest cons from someone who makes money providing DRM services.

08-12-2005, 04:09 AM
djscrib Confirmed User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 147	Well I'm a DRM provider but I'll play devil's advocate and give you the Cons. DRM support is an absolute mess on Macs. Expect to piss off your mac users. Even if you add V1 support (which works on mac) around 40% of the time things are not configured right and they can't get it to work. The DRM component on a small percentage of Windows computers is fucked. This problem is worse on Win9x, and for older versions of Windows Media Player (7 and 8). When the component is fucked the user can't get a license to play the content which obviously doesn't go over that well. In certain cases the problem can be fixed by upgrading to the latest version of WMP but that mainly helps users on XP systems who can upgrade to WMP 10 (which as a much better version of the DRM component than wmp 7-9). No user's out there are asking for DRM so merely having it will upset some percentage of them. No user in the history of the internet has been happier because DRM was added to a file. It's crackable. It's a royal pain in the ass, but you can run screen recording software, or if you have just the right configuration can run a little known crack program. (Not FreeMe). Luckily doing this is beyond the scope of 99% of users. So those are the honest cons from someone who makes money providing DRM services. __________________ Vidlock DRM Service - Add DRM to your website today http://www.vidlock.com Coming Soon - Vidpass