DRM tends to be based on Cryptography and yes, all cryptography is breakable, but the aim of it is to ensure the information is worthless by the time it's broken, so in the case of a license, the application would should have been superseded by a newer version by the time you expect someone to crack the DRM.
Most DRM doesn't cause anyone any pain when the content is used in the manner for which a license has been purchased, the "pain" tends to come when people want to use content in ways they may not have a license for (e.g. ripping a movie to a hard disk in a different format, moving software between machines). I've seen both sides of the DRM fence, and although I would love a world where everyone could be trusted to pay for what they use, it's not the world we live in, and so I'd happily accept measures to allow content providers (such as developers) to protect themselves against the minority of users who rip them off by freely handing out copies of applications because at the level we're dealing with sales of 10 or 20 copies of an application per week can make a real difference to whether or not a developer carries on writing applications. Al. Jon Colverson wrote: > On Feb 27, 5:58 pm, Jean-Baptiste Queru <j...@android.com> wrote: > >> It would make more sense to not rely on forward-locking for >> copyright-related restrictions. It all boils down to finding time to >> implement it. >> > > All DRM is breakable. I would strongly urge you not to invest any > developer time in making your system more elaborate. The current > scheme achieves one thing: it prevents an unmotivated non-technical > consumer from being able to share the applications they've paid for > with their friends. That is the most that DRM can ever achieve. > > If someone could spell out one real-world scenario where restricting > DRM-ed apps on the ADP1 provides *any* benefit to *anyone*, then I > would be very interested to hear it. > > (BTW, I would just like to mention that I'm not an ADP1 owner myself, > so I'm not motivated by self-interest here. I just _*/HATE/*_ DRM, and > all the pain that it causes.) > > -- > Jon > > > > -- * Written an Android App? - List it at http://andappstore.com/ * ====== Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
