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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jonathan Nolan" data-source="post: 1620189" data-attributes="member: 20721">Honestly don't see the problems.Hi,I don't see the problems with DRM. If it is honestly hopeless as a copy protection system DriveThru and the publishers there will abandon it. If it has some potential but isn't yet successful I would imagine it will continue in development for some time.I am mre concerned at the ad hominem attacks. I feel that part of the hostility is due to some people having a rather fixed view of how the game design and publishing world, especially for d20, was going to evolve. Now a new variable that these people had not anticipated has appeared and it has caused them some disquiet. But change is inevitable. DriveThru is just another facet of change. Its appearance puts RPGNOW on notice that there is now competition, and this can only be a good thing for everyone.If the RPGNOW lobby view is correct then DriveThru will sicken and die. I personally find it hard to imagine that this will occur. Firstly because DriveThru have already in my personal experience displayed professionalism and dedication in the normal business meaning of those terms. Secondly, the people behind the concept are spending their own (and presumably the bank's) money. When you do that for a proper business, even one in an industry that you presumably love, you have to make clear-headed decisions.DRM is something that will divide people critically but the underlying philosophy - that of trying to protect the consumer AND the producer of the item - is one that I and all my staff are 100% dedicated to. We publish print and PDF as well as multimedia now and we can ill afford to overlook any possible means of lowering piracy. Piracy engenders not just simple illegal copying but also a whole attitude of surfing and stealing that is counterproductive to web-supported business of all kinds.Lest some crazy poster make the accusation I would like to make it clear now that I am in no way shape or form associated with DriveThru or Adobe. I assume however that I am still entitled to hold my view and voice them here as part of the discussion.-J</blockquote>

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