Comments on: Eric Flint on DRM and Copyright http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/ News announcements and snippets by Eric Flint Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:52:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Eric Tank http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-248544 Eric Tank Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:16:04 +0000 http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/#comment-248544 I just attempted to use these articles as sources for a college paper, and the Baen's Universe site name has expired, rendering the articles inaccessible. Are they stored elsewhere? If not, they SHOULD be - I read some of them a couple of years ago (which is what brought me here to try to use them as sources for a paper on DRM!), and thought they were really good! I just attempted to use these articles as sources for a college paper, and the Baen’s Universe site name has expired, rendering the articles inaccessible. Are they stored elsewhere? If not, they SHOULD be – I read some of them a couple of years ago (which is what brought me here to try to use them as sources for a paper on DRM!), and thought they were really good!

]]> By: Jeff Ehlers http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-78951 Jeff Ehlers Mon, 21 Apr 2008 02:09:21 +0000 http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/#comment-78951 A perfect example of how smart companies do the "try before you buy" thing is GameStop. Now, admittedly, they don't do it for new games, because they can't repackage used games and resell them at the new price. But any used game they sell comes with a 7 day "no questions asked" return policy. Meaning someone can "buy" it, play it for several days, and then keep or return the game based on that experience. A few days ago, I asked one of the employees there how often he'd seen a customer return a used copy of a game and then buy it again to take advantage of their policy. His response was that aside from people returning the _used_ copy to buy a _new_ copy, he'd never seen it. Now, I bet it occasionally happens sometimes, especially since GameStop is a national corporation, but I suspect that it's few and far between. It just goes to show that Eric Flint knows exactly what he's talking about with his essays on copyright infringement. That in reality, it's not going to be as big of a problem as the "solution" would cause. A perfect example of how smart companies do the “try before you buy” thing is GameStop. Now, admittedly, they don’t do it for new games, because they can’t repackage used games and resell them at the new price. But any used game they sell comes with a 7 day “no questions asked” return policy. Meaning someone can “buy” it, play it for several days, and then keep or return the game based on that experience.

A few days ago, I asked one of the employees there how often he’d seen a customer return a used copy of a game and then buy it again to take advantage of their policy. His response was that aside from people returning the _used_ copy to buy a _new_ copy, he’d never seen it. Now, I bet it occasionally happens sometimes, especially since GameStop is a national corporation, but I suspect that it’s few and far between.

It just goes to show that Eric Flint knows exactly what he’s talking about with his essays on copyright infringement. That in reality, it’s not going to be as big of a problem as the “solution” would cause.

]]> By: Marcel Popescu http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-46884 Marcel Popescu Sat, 18 Aug 2007 05:29:32 +0000 http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/#comment-46884 "Lies and More Lies" is *not* available for free. I find it really weird that I'm the first person to point that out. “Lies and More Lies” is *not* available for free. I find it really weird that I’m the first person to point that out.

]]> By: Kinney http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/comment-page-1/#comment-33914 Kinney Sun, 29 Apr 2007 03:51:51 +0000 http://www.ericflint.net/index.php/2007/04/27/eric-flint-on-drm-and-copyright/#comment-33914 You might want to link to the new Grantville Gazette site. It is amazingly hard to find a link (there are none here, at Baen, or on Wikipedia). Just a helpful hint. I will get there eventually. You might want to link to the new Grantville Gazette site. It is amazingly hard to find a link (there are none here, at Baen, or on Wikipedia). Just a helpful hint. I will get there eventually.

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