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Roll for Initiative!
SJ Games is working on an online store to sell their product in PDF form ( http://e23.sjgames.com/ ). In the latest Daily Illuminator Steve mentions the DRM firestorm going on here, and other boards:
Hmm. It looks like WW is likely going it alone in the DRM arena. One wonders what we will do when all the evil pirates loot the treasures of the publishers who don't use DRM protection - thus causing all the publishers except WW to go bankrupt. After all, a company with such fine safeguards will obviously outlast those companies with lesser - or *gasp* no safeguards.
You know, I have an idea. I've seen - many times - news stories about ATMs being robbed. I wonder if I could market a product similar to DRM to banks with ATMs. Perhaps instead of putting all that cash there in the little box for anyone to try and take, I'll market a division of armed guards who show up at your house with cash when you send out a simple e-mail. (Unless of course, you use linux. Then we send your e-mail to the bit bucket unopened!) Our armed guard (who has the best customer service in the field!) would then follow you around carrying your money - and if what you wanted to spend your money on (i.e. how and where you used your money) was approved by our company then the guard will allow you to spend some of your money. We originally intended to just allow you to spend 10 dollars every 10 days, but that seemed excessive. So now we'll just limit the spending of your money to approved situations and locations.
After all, any ATM customer could be a thief - and banks really need to keep a closer eye on all those people who want to use their money. I wonder if I could find a market?
- see the rest here: ( http://www.sjgames.com/ill/ )Steve Jackson said:
Hmm. It looks like WW is likely going it alone in the DRM arena. One wonders what we will do when all the evil pirates loot the treasures of the publishers who don't use DRM protection - thus causing all the publishers except WW to go bankrupt. After all, a company with such fine safeguards will obviously outlast those companies with lesser - or *gasp* no safeguards.
You know, I have an idea. I've seen - many times - news stories about ATMs being robbed. I wonder if I could market a product similar to DRM to banks with ATMs. Perhaps instead of putting all that cash there in the little box for anyone to try and take, I'll market a division of armed guards who show up at your house with cash when you send out a simple e-mail. (Unless of course, you use linux. Then we send your e-mail to the bit bucket unopened!) Our armed guard (who has the best customer service in the field!) would then follow you around carrying your money - and if what you wanted to spend your money on (i.e. how and where you used your money) was approved by our company then the guard will allow you to spend some of your money. We originally intended to just allow you to spend 10 dollars every 10 days, but that seemed excessive. So now we'll just limit the spending of your money to approved situations and locations.
After all, any ATM customer could be a thief - and banks really need to keep a closer eye on all those people who want to use their money. I wonder if I could find a market?
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