Leaping Brain's "Virtually Uncrackable" DRM is just an XOR with "RANDOM_STRING"

Re:Leaping Brain's "Virtually Uncrackable" DRM is just an XO... by teraflop on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @04:40AM (#4836402)

But that definition isn't true of most digital content. Commercial music, movies and software are effectively subject to price discrimination: pirates pay zero, but legal customers pay nonzero and subsidize the pirates. If the price dropped to zero for everyone then supply would plummet as well.

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Re:Leaping Brain's "Virtually Uncrackable" DRM is just an XO... by bad_user on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @07:21AM (#4836812)

> If the price dropped to zero for everyone then supply would plummet as well.

That's a myth, because people were writing novels and singing songs and doing theatrical plays long before media distribution and consumption. Even now many musicians earn much more money from live concerts.

Also, I pirate stuff, mostly because where I live I can't get that content at all when I want it. However I also go to the movie theaters nearby with my wife and pay something like $30 for 2 tickets and some popcorn, per movie.

I don't mind paying that price because I'll never have the same experience at home, no matter how awesome my equipment can get, because (1) the size of my monitor is upper-bounded by the size of my living-room walls and (2) watching movies at home is boring.

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Re:Leaping Brain's "Virtually Uncrackable" DRM is just an XO... by coldpie on Tuesday November 27, 2012 @09:22AM (#4837201)

I don't think you have the evidence to back up that assertion. Certainly the world is changing, but people simply like making and sharing stuff. How much money have you paid for the entertainment you get from Hacker News?

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