You think all this DRM is made in order for the owners of the "intellectual property" to make more profit.
Wrong.
Power should be given to the consumers. The proof is in the Humble Indie Bundle.
They're basically saying: pay as much as you want, starting from 0.01$, you may donate any percentage to charity, and you get all of our games (World of Goo, Gish, Penumbra, Lugaru HD, Aquaria, Samorost). You may choose between Windows, Mac and Linux. No DRM, no middle man, all money goes directly to the developers. And, yes, they're aware that their games are available on BitTorrent. Needless to say that I bought the games immediately, though I'm not a gamer and I doubt I'll ever play them. ☺
It's not just me. They generated more than _one million dollars_ in just seven days!
Now they decided to open-source their games, thinking that it's their turn to give back.
I think some people need to learn from this model...
PS: there's more to come about DRM, I'm planning an article about Blu-Ray.
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