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I have come to the conclusion that Bad DRM is bad. I don’t mind the amazon MP3 DRM, simply limits the number of computers i can download the MP3s, it is a reasonable numbers, i have no problems with that. To take it to bad DRM, i hate Itunes, it has terrible DRM, they have been in legal battles with groups over this fact for a long time. i mean originally only allowing users to either burn CDs or put it on an Ipod.
What i am saying is i don’t mind DRM on the server side, it should never be on the client side.
Server side DRM is only a feasible solution as long as it’s someone too big to fail. Some fly-by-night company offers a streaming solution to 3D prints and tomorrow they go out of business than all your purchases go with them and you have to fact the reality that you never really owned anything.
And anyways it still boils down to a basic distrust of your customer, which is no way to do business in my mind.
@Joseph_Larson I agree, i am not talking about keeping everything on the server. i am talking about rights management on the distribution chain only. Basically inventory control. When it hits the consumers hands it shouldn’t have any mandatory ties to the server. IE when you order something from a “fly by night” service, you get the product delivered without DRM. The alternative would be the open model. IE the link is up please pay for it.