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<blockquote data-quote="Imban" data-source="post: 4877365" data-attributes="member: 29206">Unless you want to use a DRM scheme that attempts to make illegal use more technically difficult, yes.Those are frequently broken, too, but there's a distinct gap in the required skillset - I'm fairly sure I could teach my mother how to strip the protections from a DrivethruRPG PDF in about ten minutes, whereas I wouldn't even know where to start on removing the protections from a recent computer game such as Spore.Of course, the problem with that is that many DRM schemes declare all sorts of things &quot;illegal use&quot; or, in the case of widely-hated ones such as StarForce or XCP, do questionable things in the name of preventing possible illegal uses. So... everyone hates DRM.But yes, while it was inevitable, before they filed suit they had the protection of being able to file suit. After they did so, any future releases would lack this protection.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imban, post: 4877365, member: 29206"] Unless you want to use a DRM scheme that attempts to make illegal use more technically difficult, yes. Those are frequently broken, too, but there's a distinct gap in the required skillset - I'm fairly sure I could teach my mother how to strip the protections from a DrivethruRPG PDF in about ten minutes, whereas I wouldn't even know where to start on removing the protections from a recent computer game such as Spore. Of course, the problem with that is that many DRM schemes declare all sorts of things "illegal use" or, in the case of widely-hated ones such as StarForce or XCP, do questionable things in the name of preventing possible illegal uses. So... everyone hates DRM. But yes, while it was inevitable, before they filed suit they had the protection of being able to file suit. After they did so, any future releases would lack this protection. [/QUOTE]

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