Cory Doctorow has been saying for years now that discovery
rather than piracy is the issue for most writers, and I'm sure it's true.
Creator of indie game hit Super Meat Boys gives lesson on accounting, and explains why DRM is more
dangerous than piracy for game companies
Until someone convinces the publishing industry that an easy and ubiquitous DRM solution is a better
alternative than piracy, I don't think we'll see much movement.
The developer of the indie hit Super Meat Boy says bad DRM implementations could be more financially
damaging than piracy.
As many professional writers have mentioned, obscurity is a bigger threat to most
authors than piracy:
The novelist suggested that DRM [digital rights management technology that prevents unauthorised copying],
rather than piracy, was the problem.
Tommy Refenes of Team Meat has posted a lengthy blog explaining why apathy and refunds «are more
dangerous than piracy.»
Currently, a far bigger
problem than piracy is geo - restrictions and, (I am quite serious) DRM.
Check out the full blog by Team Meat's Tommy Refenes entitled «Apathy and refunds are more dangerous
than Piracy.»
But obscurity is a bigger problem for indie authors
than piracy.
With the majority of ebook buyers owning Kindles, the industry's insistence on DRM thus ties readers to the very company that many within publishing see as a far greater threat to
it than piracy, thanks to its increasing domination of both the print and ebook markets.
I get that piracy makes for a nice scapegoat, but the fall of comics, if it is in fact falling rather than changing into something else, is way bigger
than piracy, no matter how hard people bang that drum and close their ears to dissent.
Blitz Games Studios co-founder Andrew Oliver recently told Develop that the pre-owned games market is a «bigger problem
than piracy».
Fail0verflow says that the exploit is meant to be used for good, rather
than piracy, like other patches in the past.
But at the end of the day, what hurts developers more might be poor DRM implementations, rather
than piracy.