Re: Any indies in this group?

Vinny <nospam@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> shareware stuff will go from now on. Found several posts about my questions
> there and have started a thread there as well. I am looking at Armadillo
> right now. My only concern is would such a method put off any customers?

Very probably. If I'm going to spend money for a game, I don't even want
to have to keep the CD in my drive. The more onerous the method of
copy-prevention, the more incentive the potential customer has to pirate
the game; if it's easier to play the game by pirating it than by buying
it, you're likely to have more people pirating it.

You might want to read Cory Doctorow's speech on why DRM is a dumb idea:

http://craphound.com/msftdrm.txt


You might also want to read Brad Wardell's commentary on the matter:

http://draginol.joeuser.com/index.asp?aid=209
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