maxgrafix posted at 2:10PM Mon, 02 November 2015 - #4236411

Razor42 posted at 1:13AM Mon, 02 November 2015 - #4236391

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_IMO DRM isn't a Works great 100% of the time or Total Fail 0% never works ever. it has varying levels of effectiveness against varying levels of attack. _

Please explain in what way DRM has certain levels of effectiveness once stripped from a digital product?

Look at modern software I would have to say this is where DRM is still pretty much a majority case and to a degree fairly effective.

The amount of media including movies, music, games and software available on the internet suggests you're 100% wrong

Would your advice be to Adobe that DRM is useless just put your software out there with no serial number, no protection, in a zip file which is easily transferred or copied by anyone. After all sooner or later it will be cracked and pirated anyway, as DRM is not gonna protect it forever, if at all?

Now you're just clutching at straws. The fact that software is still being cracked suggests whatever protection the media has applied to it can be reversed. Perhaps a new approach is required instead of flogging a dead horse that is DRM IMO

Really from your post it seems like you're saying yes they should try to protect, but trying to protect really is a waste of time and quite pointless. Shouldn't it be "no, dont do it as it will fail" or "yes you should give it go, as it's worth the attempt and some security is better than none"? Anyways...

See my reply above. You've basically made the same argument twice

This all adds up to, don't try as it can't inevitably be stopped? Unfortunately as a business this is a pretty flimsy option and I definitely wouldn't be putting you on the payroll for advice in this area. I'm having trouble discerning your actual point in all of this other than what I just stated, which is doing nothing, is better than something/anything.

I think Black__Days just pretty clearly explained above how DRM can be effective if not %100 ironclad guarantee forever of contents security. No one is talking about locking a file up for ever, I'm not sure anyone even thinks this is currently possible.

Why make laws if people will only break them? How effective is a law if it is broken?

The one point you have made abundantly clear is YOU DON"T LIKE DRM.