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    whats DRM

    hi was just checking out the DRM-Free games thread but i dont know what DRM stands for anyone care to explain?

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    Re: whats DRM

    Digital Rights Management. If a game is DRM-free then when you purchase it it is yours to do what you like within the law. Games that have DRM can restrict the number of times you can install it and if you need to authenticate the game on an online server every time you play and such. The whole point of DRM is to combat piracy and make it harder to pirate games, but so far all it has done is made the people who buy the game suffer.

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    Re: whats DRM

    Quote Originally Posted by Haiku32 View Post
    Digital Rights Management. If a game is DRM-free then when you purchase it it is yours to do what you like within the law. Games that have DRM can restrict the number of times you can install it and if you need to authenticate the game on an online server every time you play and such. The whole point of DRM is to combat piracy and make it harder to pirate games, but so far all it has done is made the people who buy the game suffer.
    Or Digital Restriction Management depending on how you look at it

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    Re: whats DRM

    Quote Originally Posted by Haiku32 View Post
    Digital Rights Management. If a game is DRM-free then when you purchase it it is yours to do what you like within the law. Games that have DRM can restrict the number of times you can install it and if you need to authenticate the game on an online server every time you play and such. The whole point of DRM is to combat piracy and make it harder to pirate games, but so far all it has done is made the people who buy the game suffer.
    so if you have a game with that and say u regularly reinstall your OS u might find that it wont install?

    hahahahahaha that link made me laught so much lol sorry i didnt use google

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    Re: whats DRM

    Quote Originally Posted by richy19 View Post
    so if you have a game with that and say u regularly reinstall your OS u might find that it wont install?
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    It's a possibility, yes, depending on how DRM has been implemented, and by whom, though generally there is supposed to be some mechanism for getting legitimate users out of that situation. But, if they've done their DRM that way, it may mean you need to get an unlock code from the software company's customer service .... assuming the company hasn't gone bust in the meantime.

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    Re: whats DRM

    Quote Originally Posted by Disturbedguy View Post
    Brilliant.
    Society's to blame,
    Or possibly Atari.

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