Digital Rights Management as Fast As Possible

[@CocoaNutCakery]

DRM makes things harder on legitimate users, not pirates.

[@EMXID]

I am strangely happy that more people support piracy than DRM

[@IkBenBenG]

Emx2000 Piracy gives users the software they want, for free, with an easy, short and reliable installation procedure. Software installed in this manner also keeps working if your internet fails. DRM can be a mayor annoyance to people because it makes the installation procedure longer, more complicated, and more likely to fail. And in the case it fails, you'll have to contact support for weeks to get it to work. And if after the installation your internet fails, then the software may not even let you use it. Besides, software with DRM usually contains other bloatware that adds background processes that make your computer slower, and the main program will refuse to work without those background processes. When you have pirated the software though, then you won't need those background processes and you only use the software you need. I almost never pirate stuff since I prefer doing things the legal way and I prefer using freeware software over cracked software, but if something comes with DRM that really annoys me, then I'm always tempted to give piracy a try. Since all popular software gets pirated anyway, DRM really serves no other purpose than annoying people who obtain things the legal way. Now, are you still surprised that people hate DRM and love pirating?

[@snackman94]

I think piracy is the wrong word. If you're just stripping away the DRM to play on other devices, like to play content from a Blu-Ray on a Roku, you're not stealing anything. However, if you share the content with your friends, and they share it with their friends ad infinitum, then that's a different story. By the way, the DMCA was amended in 2013 to allow you to break DRM for personal use.

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

@@snackman94 "the DMCA was amended in 2013 to allow you to break DRM for personal use." Would you happen to have a reference for that? :)

[@barrdack]

Piracy is a wrong term for that, the correct term is freedom vs DRM. People who pirate won't pay for it anyway, people who enjoy the content will find a way to pay even if it was given to them for free. DRM is punishing the legit consumer.

[@vijfsnippervijf]

I agree! DRM should be banned by law!

[@FryingBerries]

Mind you, i live in a country where even the cops have an illegal copy of windows installed rofl

[@ian1064]

Lol I used to pirate windows but I discovered in Microsoft's site you can get windows 10 for free as a student

[@DerrickRG]

+Ian Witten I cracked my 8.1 key through KMS, then installed windows 10 over it during the free period. I have a legally activated windows 10 PC now. Lol. Take that microshit!

[@tucocotucoco4833]

Enjoy Spyware OS 10 EMPiiRE...

[@randomlyentertaining8287]

+Giant Male Genitalia I want to be stuck with Win 7 forever. All that crap at Windows 10's launch was bullshit. I'm evening using my laptop's HDD in my new gaming build so I can keep Windows 7 as my OS.

[@19cmgang]

@@tucocotucoco4833 just blacklist microsoft servers in router

[@45ayush]

Bought GTA V from Steam, can't play it offline, my friend torrented it, he plays it while camping

[@rolan5948]

I remember I torrented GTA V played it for about a full day went back to it and it after a few days stopped working because it said something about not being able to play online. It might’ve been the version I downloaded but it’s definitely DRM protected

[@Chris-vl7sv]

@@rolan5948 gta online can't be played on torrent versions

[@iHeich]

@@rolan5948 99,9% of torrented games can't be played online. And nope. They don't have drm

[@spacelogic101whatif]

I don't get it what is the point of always online DRM consoles have a DRM free version so why not for pc?

[@licoriceluv906]

@@spacelogic101whatif cause it's really easy to pirate on pc whereas in consoles, it's not

[@aidanjt]

DRM is like locking a bolt down with a padlock when the door is wide open and mounted on short open hinges. Completely useless to everyone involved even if you do actually remember to close the door before locking the bolt.

[@caharkness]

aidanjt I love this analogy.

[@TheTundraTerror]

When your DRM requires me to go out of my way to use what I bought, that's where it crosses a line. *Piracy is a service issue.* It's a result of people being unable (or unwilling) to get what they want legally. People want media and they will gladly pay for it. Before Steam, I used to torrent games all the time. Since Steam, I haven't even considered torrenting a game. Why? Because Steam makes getting games easier. Companies need to realize that they are not going to win against pirates and trying to stop them isn't going to work.

[@KabooM1067]

Exactly man. I've even gotten out of my way to work an extra job online that gets me $5 a week, good enough for the games I buy throughout the year.

[@What_was_wrong_w_jst_our_names]

I torrent games to try them if there's no demo.

[@krimerm]

Spot on you are so right

[@Hippownage]

TheTundraTerror It's funny, because Steam is technically DRM, yet I'll think twice before NOT buying something on Steam. I like how it records my achievements, the time I've played, and lets me use the overlay to easily chat with my friends without having to alt-tab to Steam which I'd use to chat anyway. It's strange how attached I've gotten to something that's technically DRM.

[@-DeScruff]

TheTundraTerror The same thing with music back in the day! Regular stores (pre amazon mind you) didn't always have the CD of that one obscure musician you wanted, and even if all you wanted was one song, you had to buy a whole CD for +$10. Napster and Limewire offered the better service. You could find the most obscure stuff on there, even some cool indie stuff like "A Stroke Of Genie-us". Then iTunes came and destroyed the piracy options, even though piracy was free. It was a safe and convenient place to buy, rip, play all your music, and it made organizing your music easier as well. It was just a much better service at the time.

[@Ryukrieger]

The Witcher 3 doesn't have DRM and they spent so many years working on it, that's why CD Projekt Red is backrupted right now, right? Oh wait a minute....

[@pharder1234]

Ryukrieger plus they own good old games which doesn't use drm for a game library storage program

[@003thezg3]

Lol the witches 3 sold 1,3 million copies on PC in 2 weeks. Probably 1,8~2 by now but I get your point

[@zerqcat2143]

@@003thezg3 r/whoosh

[@_mew]

Linus can you please review the ghettobox 5000 seen at 2:52

[@cracksmoker12]

Mew [Jacob/PwnAzn] nah man that's the ghettobox 5000, ghettobox 500 is wayyy outdated

[@nageorgiou2]

GhettoBox 500 is well known for one of the most gangster methods of watching VCDs, or Video Cassette Discs! Nowadays, with the GhettoBox 5000, Digital storage is easy with the shit feature! You can watch ANY PIECE OF VIDEO ON THE INTERNET! But it's in 144p. GG NO RE FUCKERS

[@shuma_puffington3809]

I broke the no drm breaking law about seven times today....

[@ThereIsNoMatch]

Zach blaze Get on muh level bruh. 17 violations here.

[@Hippownage]

ThereIsNoMatch You'd better watch out man, the internet police is coming for you!

[@ItsAGundam]

DRM is a JOKE all it does is screw people like me who actually pay for crap! I don't care if someone steals a game or program whatever, just don't bone me for paying you!

[@hellterminator]

State of the world: 90+% of pirates are pirating just because they're sick of DRMs. Reaction of the content producers: We shall introduce *more* DRMs!

[@ErnestJay88]

Law sometimes can be a bullshit, for example... 8 years sentence for raping an underage girl, but 10 years sentence for "illegally downloading a song over the internet", since when pirating a music are "more evil" than raping an underage girl ?

[@Xenro66]

***** There's a still a moral issue there somewhere,

[@Sodisna]

Because money and greed > real crime

[@CDNSpartan]

One guy got fined $2 million for sharing 24 songs the fine in murder is only $25 thousand since when is piracy worse than murder. When you torrent your not killing any one so it just shows companies are greedy

[@ErnestJay88]

***** read Jordan O'C comment, it's all about "Moral Value" For example, if I download 10 GB of illegal contents (pirated movies, songs, games, etc.) i didn't hurt anybody except some major company that's already makes BILLION of Dollars annually, yeah like because of my illegal activities "they lose" $2500 potential profit. But if someone rape a girl, she will be have a trauma for a lifetime, a Major company that's make Billions of dollars lost few grands ?

[@goodlyboony]

***** I killed someone and got a life sentence, and someone torrented a movie and got fined 200$. SINCE WHEN IS COPYRIGHT LESS IMPORTANT THAN MURDER ?!!!

[@friendofallcats3544]

Sim Cities from 2014 had always online DRM. It was also the most pirated game of the year. DRM can backfire really hard if it is not done properly and in a fair manner.

[@nerdbot4446]

DRM reminds me on Jigsaw "Hello, I want to play a game. You're probably wondering where you are. I'll tell you where you might be. You might be in the room you´re going nuts... Look at your Smart TV. You purchased for $10 a Video-on-Demand-Title in 4K. Your license allows you to watch it exactly one time, so listen to me: If you try to watch it without filling up all required and optional fields in your Streaming-Account, your license expires. If you try to bypass the DRM, your license expires. If you try to watch it on uncertified hardware, your license expires. If you hit the record- or rewind-button on your remote, your license expires. If you don´t accept the use of your personal data for commercial purposes, your license expires. If you don´t grant access to the TV-Webcam, Microphone and GPS sensor, your license expires. If you look away while ads are visible, your license expires. If your internet connection is lost, your license expires. Most people are so ungrateful to watch Free Content, but not you, not any more..."

[@akashmlal]

This is awesome ❤️

[@bobdotexe]

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[@LOKO22Bach]

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[@friendstype25]

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[@Inv3r7]

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[@Hippownage]

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[@seanottaway1615]

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[@Cris-bj7ee]

If i had for instance a game studio (i am studying programming) i would rstrain drm to the level that a one-time verification with an account is required. Pirates will always eventually break the lock and legit users shouldn`t have to complicate themselves with 30-word verification sentences that have to be introduced three times in different order all while reading out loud captcha to the computers. Most pirates would not afford or not consider the game worth the price anyway, so we could even publish a cracked version ourselves, asking the player to purchase the game if he enjoys it at startup. Yet there would need to be a crack, if you can`t install a crack, you don`t deserve to play the game for free.

[@gchatz6480]

Sked NEC. shower this guy with upvotes :P

[@FirdausIsmail1]

Yes. I agree with your logic

[@blank.e5plus]

Sked NEC. you! when you make a game let me know so i can bug test it for you :3, we need more like you

[@blank.e5plus]

Sked NEC. you! when you make a game let me know so i can bug test it for you :3, we need more like you

[@UnstoppableGamers3]

Sked NEC. Take Game Tycoon for example. They promoted a cracked version on TPB by themselves with exception that after a while you get a message that pirates are pirating your game and that you are losing profit, than you go bankrupt. A big % of pirates that downloaded officially cracked version bought the game afterwards.

[@michaeloppliger2518]

Switzerland allows "private use" of bought hardware and software, which enables you to make a functioning copy of a dvd, cd, program and so on. The law even says that you are ALLOWED to break any restricting measurements to fulfil your right for a copy.

[@sharks445]

DRM is fucking bullshit I had to pirate a copy of GTA V even though I bought it, because I couldn't play when my internet was down. I get more restrictions than a pirate.

[@Tn089-b6g]

No stop bullshiting peoples. Unless you play gta online, you can play it offline after activated it.

[@sharks445]

JIZZ JABS I'm not fucking bullshitting. You don't have the Steam version do you. The Steam version has an extra DRM added to it.

[@Tn089-b6g]

so they have drm for the game when they already have it on steam. Well sorry and fuck drm

[@alisdairmacdonald5647]

sharks445 ur right rockstar has a drm on most of their games. I have Max Payne 3 and I sometimes wasn't able to finish the story because my internet was down. I was like: "I'm only playing the single player!!! Why u do dis rockstar!!!!???"

[@amirghafghazi3907]

+sharks445 stop bullshiting you can play it fine without internet connection if validated once I have it so do not make up excuses

[@daniel.pendzich]

I was hoping Linus would go into how some DRM embedded in games causes performance issues such as in Lords of the Fallen, and Arkham Knight.

[@actuallyasriel]

I honestly respect how much effort Linus and co. put into being objective with sensitive topics such as this, simply giving the information and leaving the viewer to pick a side.

[@LifeWulf]

In the case of Denuvo DRM, such as that used in Batman: Arkham Knight PC versions, it can also be downright *_harmful_* to the end user's machine! Denuvo has been known for solid state drive thrashing: Users looking at the read/write details for "Lords of the Fallen" a game that also uses Denuvo found that the DRM system was using "150000 copy/write iterations" in an hour. The user describes that as being "10000 times more than usual." For those that don't know, SSDs have a limited number of Read/Write cycles, and as such, any program that uses a very high amount of these will lower the lifespan of this hardware, whilst usually this isn't too much of an issue with newer SSDs, older models have significantly short lifespans and as such, a program using this many writes will very quickly render the memory blocks of an SSD unusable. Courtesy of the Escapist forums.

[@hs0003]

Linus plans to use DRM on his content in the far future! DOWNLOAD AND STORE EVERYTHING!

[@douglaspantz]

just use a youtube to mp4 lol

[@QurttoRco]

Been pirating most of my games since ubisoft actually told me to crack my AC:Brotherhood to fix launch error

[@walruswarlock4800]

Really, that happened?

[@JukaDominator]

QurttoRco link with proof?

[@QurttoRco]

JukaDominator that was like 4 years ago dont have screenshot or a email.

[@ChrispyNut]

GR8 job with the CAM edit - whoever it was- that made me lol while nodding. :) Thnx gents.

[@slayerwasco]

"We're losing thousands off our billions!" truer words have never been written

[@SonariNeiracchen]

We're losing thousands from our millions!!! What has this world become!!!?? Also, nice My Little Pony reference xD

[@AnUndivine]

You forgot about some of the oldest DRM. To play this game, open your manual, turn to page 251, paragraph 3, line 6, and enter the 2nd word in the text field below. Or how about you get the red filter and put it over the secret word red box on page 7 and type the word into the field.

[@BuffaloCanCode]

I wish you can recreate the video and consider some example of OTT platforms and new updates. Please....

[@angelemmanuelperezmuniz1474]

The best way to have a safe and reliable DRM for games is to do a one time verification when first launched. I don't mind if it check every time it gets internet access or hardware change but please make it that it doesn't expires. If for some reason you have electricity but not internet at the moment it would be a life saver.

[@trsshup]

Yeah I have a mini-itx PC that I bring with me traveling for work, and I may stay in one area for a couple months that doesn't have Wi-Fi, I can play most games in steam online for the first 2 weeks, but after that nope. That's why I buy all my games from gog.com now, they don't require internet access and they are DRM free.

[@gregnezz]

It's amazing that all of the information and knowledge gained here is free. Thank you Linus and team ye are an essential part of KZbin.

[@bobbytaraantino]

I'm on college studying Computer Engineering, most of our teachers gave us cracked versions of software. 🤣 Some provided us free version but with crap ton of ads. Worst is our lab fee is so high I can't imagine where the money goes.

[@snaehub]

*TOPTIP!* 1. pause the vid. 2. speed to 0.5 3. 3:16

[@vgamesx1]

4:27 I think these companies forget the old saying "the customer is always right" so.. if I want to rip a freaking DVD or whatever that I paid for, then I'm in the right otherwise I'm not going to be buying from them in the first place, which is why when I do buy music I buy it DRM free from places such as bandcamp.

[@EvilRamin]

My friend: Do you have netflix? Me: No My friend: So how do you watch movies? Me: Arrrrrrr

[@yosefmacgruber1920]

Encryption causes more problems than it solves. Baked-in ads are an obvious alternative. I used to have a Twit widget (twit.tv) on my smart-TV, but I guess it is no longer being supported, as it eventually vanished. It was great for watching on-demand technology shows. But they said that they don't care if you copy their stuff. Probably due to their baked-in ads. Thanks for pointing out that DVDs do not fit into smartphones.

[@dejazO0]

without internet you cannot play any game in this time unless you pirate it.

[@QuartzSystemsIncorporated]

During the lynda.com ad, someone turned up the volume on their phone at 5:23.

[@Cris-bj7ee]

Quartz Systems Inc. lol, nice attention to detail, and you must also have an android phone. :)

[@QuartzSystemsIncorporated]

Sked NEC. I have a Nexus 7.

[@Cris-bj7ee]

cool, like the stock android, i have a philips i928, for the big screen

[@QuartzSystemsIncorporated]

Sked NEC. Philips makes smartphones? I probably haven't heard of them if they have the same quality Philips puts in their headphones.

[@NikolajLepka]

DRM has nothing to do with rights, it has everything to do with restricting the user... It's Digital Restrictions Management. Besides, the only reason piracy is so prevalent is BECAUSE of DRM, not the other way around

[@givemeajackson]

Nikolaj Lepka yep. i haven't bought anything from EA ever since they started their origin crap. same with ubisoft.

[@mathieubordeleau5554]

Nikolaj Lepka That's why Richard Stallman calls it Digital Restrictions Management!

[@BaSsGaZ]

Piracy isn't always bad for the creator. Ask Microsoft. The reason Windows has a huge market is because it's always been easy to bypass activation. So everyone has it, especially in poorer countries. And they KNOW it.

[@aetheralmeowstic2392]

I was using Ubuntu, and I wanted to see if it was possible to dump a rental DVD. Surprisingly, it found the encryption key on the disc and copied away no problem. I deleted the ISO immediately afterward, but I did use that feature to dump PS2 ROMs from my own discs for use with the Linux port of PCSX2.

[@Gregregorovich]

00:19 that's my keyboard! (I think)... if it is then it has Cherry MX Blues, an AT (pre-PS2) connector and yeah no windows or apps key, but that's fine I don't alt-tab out of games and I have an @Logitech G600 mouse with custom mapping and profiles so it's great!

[@the21andonly]

0:15 "The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by immediate castration without warning as well as a penalty of $250,000" ...immediate castration?

[@Nerdsickelz]

You need to get a Firemen's pole.

[@inadaizz]

4:55 "I'm not yo budday guyy" You're usually so good about not showing your accent too.

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

The best way to keep people from pirating your stuff is by making it easier for them to acquire. Otherwise, people will just pirate the content instead of dealing with the hassles of DRM. Speaking of this, I haven't bought any music in over 10 years. I haven't pirated it either, but every time I want to buy an album, I can't figure out how to do it without going through some other BS service that I'd have to pay for as well. I don't want to stream it, I want to own it. If I can't do that legitimately, then the only option left is to pirate it. So instead, I just don't listen to music. Just one example of how the industry is killing itself.

[@DerrickRG]

+FlipFlopGaming CD. Rip to PC, sync to device.

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

Right, where do you buy CDs? Because I looked at the local stores (best buy, etc.) and they didn't have anything I wanted.

[@Leggir]

My problem with DRM is it time limits some otherwise amazing titles. For instance while I like Total Annihilation from '96 and still play it today, some others that used ill-fated DRM that the publisher abandoned keep me from installing some games only five years old.

[@MICROALI7]

High Bandwidth Memory explained!

[@NikolajLepka]

DRM has nothing to do with rights, it has everything to do with restricting the user... It's Digital Restrictions Management.

[@DerrickRG]

A lot of my older games are disk based. I don't have a working disk drive anymore, so I have to pirate them and use a virtual drive to install them (Daemon Tools Lite). I use my paid for CD keys where they apply, and then go out and find no-cd cracks so I can enjoy the games I paid for. Doesn't matter how old games are, if they aren't readily usable, you're gonna have issues. Same thing can be said for DRM. Just because I'm at a friends house with no internet doesn't mean my game should just not work, what prevents me from playing via lan?

[@chengzhang8880]

Think about this: I was using cracked Adobe(the most cracked software in the world if you ask). However, I have migrated to genuine adobe CC subscription some times ago only to find out genuine adobe only work on two devices with $20/Mo Fee(WITH student discount). reasonable, but ridiculous

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

$20/month for access to just one software program is "reasonable"?? That's ridiculous, all right. :\

[@theX24968Z]

can you do one on region locking and the purposes behind it (its been seen in games but i heard that just one reason was to prevent foreign ports from being butchered)

[@ARSmedia2007SEAsia]

0:12

[@Cestacular]

Jonatan Söderströms statement he put out when he heard that hotline miami 2 was gonna get banned in Aus was priceless, true warrior in my opinion

[@mikezamayias]

first: i really like the thumbnail, second: i was happy to hear that you wont drm soon on your videos.

[@shayankal3738]

I can't wait for the videos you are going to make in your new office! I love your videos and am dreaming to work with you someday :)

[@Psychobob]

I've been waiting for this one!

[@win189]

um Linus if I'm not mistaken there is also a section. I. the copyright laws stating that you the user are allowed to make copy's for your own personal use

[@WildDorito_]

Speaking of pirating, the Australia has passed a law, allowing the government to block any website of their choice. Good bye ThePirateBay and KickAss

[@leberkassemmel]

I hate DRM. You can only read that book on that ebook reader, and listen to that song on that mp3 player, and only playback that dvd on a dvd player. I really hate it. That's the reason why i use GOG.com, because it is DRM free. TES IV: Oblivion had no DRM

[@rickysmyth]

Maybe if those companies didn't charge so much then there would be less piracy. The owners want such high profit margins its unfair and they deserve to be pirated

[@drsherifhamed]

the answer is simple 1-companies: remove that DRM coz it makes the life of the payers harder or just make an always online MMO that is completely free (like World Of Tanks) and innovate a way that makes the single players pay and be happy paying 2-gamers: please boycott the games that are bugged with always online DRM to force devs to remove it. personally i will never think about buying ubisoft's the crew or the division or any EA game especially that my internet speed just sux 3- in fact pirates help u expand the game community so that it can be sold widely which will definitely give the devs more money than annoying always online DRM. i'll give an example, my experience with WOT blitz (ipad version of WOT) is that i played it completely for free for 3 months and got many tier 10 tanks then i needed to expand my garage so i paid then wanted a premium tank so i paid then wanted to expand my garage again so i paid. the sum of all what i paid was nearly a 100$ (which is more than the price of most of epic games) on a good but not epic game and i was completely satisfied and enjoyed every cent i payed. after that i thought i could've bought 2 epic pc games for the same money just because i hated the team based results of a multiplayer game with a totally random not-skill based battles which usually matched me with people who have deficient brains so ruined my stats. so i decided that i need more single player games (that i can play anywhere). to cut long story short wargaming company was brilliant in selling their titles (WOT, blitz, World of warships) by expanding their community with a free enjoyable game then asking them to pay (if they want) to get premium features with giving them the taste of these premium features for free every monthly update and on other occasions. of course many people play it for free forever ,enjoy it and feel grateful to WG and of course many people pay. and of course WG had a much more profit than ubisoft with DRM and WITHOUT ANNOYING THE PAYERS. i want to see such an experience in a single player game that i can play anywhere, to do this u need some brilliant ideas that is not always online DRM. a nice brilliant idea is to completely remove the software protections that are completely usless and just annoy the payers (Ubisoft did it once as i remember). so my conclusion: game developers Blame urselves not the pirates.

[@viktr2071]

in macedonia u can download anything for free bc there arent any laws prohibiting piracy

[@TheMTGvideos1]

Even though there is no DMCA in germany, bypassing DRM is illegal in germany except when it is solely for personal use.

[@DarkRaider08]

Linus you haven't explained about how greedy game developers uses 'paid' DRM to access content that should have been in the full package in the first place

[@DarkRaider08]

not necessarily

[@xSuperSS]

***** You are talking about day one DLC.

[@HunterDigi]

***** That sounds like DLC, "downloadable content", which has nothing to do with digital rights/copyright, do your research on the terms.

[@futureqweenofmoderation6024]

***** *cough* EA *cough*

[@Cloudz2021]

***** One locks the entire game behind a wall to ensure you pay for the game. Another locks additional content, not needed to play the game, unless you pay a fee. Outside an extremely basic view of "this blocks content" they aren't the same. That also doesn't take into account content that comes *months* after the original release.

[@KingKiwi77]

Linus, would you mind making a series which explains to us how the individual components of the (for example) graphics card work? Explain how they communicate and work, not just this is the basics. I am building my first computer, and I really want to be able to name the tiny capacitors, etc. on the boards and whatnot and understand how the technology was conceived. :)

[@CyroCoders]

You would be better off watching Ben Eater or Great Scott

[@TheRealOderless635gnat]

Should i get a pirate version of adobe premiere pro or use legit Vegas pro or film Ora X

[@Ryzza5]

I would sign up to Lynda.com but their Australian page charges ~$100 more per year compared to the US version (after doing the exchange rate calculation). And they don't offer monthly plans here any more. Plenty of good stuff on Google and KZbin anyway.

[@wildgoosespeeder]

Piracy is a solution to the service problem that DRM introduces, not a pricing problem as most digital distributors want to believe it is. It's much more counterintuitive than it should be.

[@jackjones5706]

anyone hear the volume conformation beep at 5:22 ??

[@joshkonopka4465]

Very interesting. I have been wondering how spotify stores the songs in "offline mode" for a while and now it makes sense! thanks for another great video NCIX!

[@Mavial]

Well instead of passing by a drm why dont ppl just put the dvd into their PC's, open fraps and let it do its job!? Or is that illegal too?

[@sapphyrus]

Anyone remember Civilization 1 in between turns randomly asking the name of a tech picture which was provided in the booklet as copy protection?

[@afeatherinthewind]

If I pay for something I pay for it because I want it and I want to support the person who made it. If I pirate something I probably just don't want to go to the hassle of buying it, don't care enough about it to pay, and/or think the people producing the thing are making enough money off of people who arent pirating. I love entertainment. I find myself hating art-theft, and believe artists should be compensated/credited for their work, but I pirate music and tv shows from large-scale companies often. Is that bad?

[@Alexzone45]

I'll be honest here. I've found ways to copy all my CDs and DVDs on to my plex server for home use. But It wasn't hard to do, there's freeware out there that can decrypt the media on discs for you anyway. I have no intention of distributing this media, it's only for personal use / streaming and rescuing damaged DVDs.

[@GTI1dasOriginal]

1 * copies ANY DVD using a pre-2001 DVD recorder * 2 * copies ANY audio using his '70s analogue Reel To Reel recorder and sometimes even gets better soundquality than the source, converts these into whatever format * 3 * buys all his games legitimately * 4 * Has NO problems whatsoever * 5 * Ignores idiots who might react to this having no conception of either of the above, especially No. 2 *

[@BorkBorkDoggo]

who told Linus about all the MLP I torrent?!? Also which editor through in that horrific gen 2 pony...

[@samljer]

"how does it work" it doesnt.

[@dc2008242]

1:25 lol, MLP right next to Texas Chainsaw Massacre XD

[@allanrichardson1468]

I recently bought an HP printer, and they were pushing the idea of never running out of ink by having the printer order cartridges online when the ink ran out. The idea was to pay "by the pages per month" and there would always be a new cartridge in the mail when you needed it. But I read the fine print before ordering that option, and it's a good thing I did, because the retail store clerks knew nothing about this loophole: If you have no internet connection to reach their server, the printer will print NOTHING! Signing up for this "service" means that the printer is PERMANENTLY programmed to refuse to print ONE PAGE of your OWN data, no matter how much ink, paper, power and wi-fi connection to your printer you have, unless it can verify your account! They don't even have a provision to "remember" how many pages you printed offline and update the charges when you reconnect! Also, some users have rumored that the company has the ability to spy on everything you print. I don't know if that is true, but the technology would certainly be feasible. So, if you buy one of their printers, just turn down the offer and buy your ink at the nearest retail store, or by mail order when YOU want to buy it. You can't get out of that program either, as long as you own that printer.

[@mysty0]

Yea printing companies also have a way of embedding prints with individual serial coding now identifying which printer something was printed on. Discreet black pixels so small the eye can't detect in random places on the paper make for a kind of morse code which can be read with a type of scanner. Essentially printing up something like asking people to vote for the candidate of your choice could end up with you being executed in silence. It sounds like they've come up with an even more sophisticated method with what you're saying though, but both are probably in play at the same time

[@mitchblankenship8132]

is there anything like the DMCA in Canada?

[@hiddenfromyourview]

DRM should be redefined as "Digital Restrictions Management".

[@frosturation2474]

10/10

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

Thank you! :)

[@UKgamer87]

Do a video on ttip which essentially has 5 out of 29 chapters on trade and the rest on regulating the internet with strict punishments on those infringing copyright law

[@mastersirus1985]

Does anyone know the key to remove this episode's DRM?

[@d3sbb]

I remember settlers 7 having such aggressive DRM, a lot of paid users couldn't even play or had many problems with playing.

[@yaz0333]

2:11 Instruction unclear, punched through monitor

[@dom_99_]

What if you use a screen recorder to record what is on your computer. They cannot stop that

[@aag1234567]

I think that if prices get low enough Piracy will be redundant, for example if new games come out at 30 dollars, people would rather buy a game than bother pirating it. also maybe the pricing should differ per country, 60 dollars may not seem a lot in the US, but that's a lot of money for people in third world countries and poor countries. A father can give his kid 60$ to buy a game in the US, Germany, Canada, but in countries like India, Brazil, Egypt etc... it's unlikely that they can afford to buy a game every couple of weeks, every one can pay that initial price to get a gaming PC, because you only have to pay it once, but to spend approximately 400-600$ a year to get games is quite expensive. but the way these companies are fighting pirates, does nothing but encourage them, and encourage paying customers to pirate the game just so they don't have to deal with DRM.

[@zackunderdown9713]

the argument that without DRM piracy would be a bigger deal seems kind of shaky to me. i very much doubt that the people responsible for cracking DRM and then making said files available are the types who care much about whether its restricted or not. im pretty sure that since most pirated material is available free (whether illegal or not) shows that making money is not always the pirates goal. also since DRM is usually broken so quickly (ive seen pirated copies of games listed before they came out legally) it seems like the very notion of a company putting the time and effort (and money) into making DRM is only going to impact the legitimate user. anyone who is willing to pirate it in the first place like you said wont have that problem

[@XICwoodXI]

Linus!! I would really like video on the difference between: Cable, FIBER and T1 Connections. Really just T1. what makes it so expensive at 1.5MB speeds?

[@AslanexMetrobus]

DRM is one of the reasons why I play almost only Indie games. I want to pay them for the game. But when I would be afraid of some technical shit (DRM), which could slow down my pc or disable the game, I am not going to buy the game and mostly play it at all.

[@bluesblabber]

So here's what happened to a country with poor internet connection, and where buying a legit game is quite a luxury : - Bought Assasin's Creed II on steam sale - Download the game for almost a week - Install the game - Download Uplay for another few more hours - Install Uplay - Create Uplay account - Play game And when you're about to play the other day : - login to steam which took few minutes and click play - login to Uplay and took another few minutes Just lost my appetite to play, and won't bother pirating it, since I don't think it's going to worth the effort. Just take it I gave Ubisoft a donation with my hard earned money :).

[@ishtenyobahtop9688]

GOG and CDPR don't require DRM and don't use DRM for their products, yet they are doing really well.

[@nathansmith4423]

You could record songs online for free using 0 RAM (ok a few kilobytes). Plug a 3.5 mm cable into the recording audio jack, plug the other end in the audio output. Press record. Press play. Done.

[@NeptuneOtterSOT]

Steam's DRM has lead me to buy some games i want to play offline from GOG

[@Haphazardization]

Such a waste of everyone's time and money.

[@williamsatterthwaite6063]

I wont say I did it because who knows who's watching, but before Netflix came to New Zealand, illegal streaming was common place. Now it is only common place for movies that are not on Netflix. (or lightbox or whatever the other streaming competitor is. Neon I think?) The best way for companies to fight piracy is to make there content affordable and easy to access, because if it's not those things, someone will make it those things, and they wont be pay royalty fees. It's the same with Steam, and Google Music (and yes, itunes, but I really hate apple, so, I didn't say that)

[@randomaccount53793]

Yea, me an many people used VPN's to watch Netflix (which was technically illegal), now that they finally have Netflix in NZ (although not the full one) I don't have to pay for that VPN service and can actually pay for NZ Netflix, region locking is so stupid and is the reason why I've pirated anything here. Finally they broke the Sky TV (skynet) monopoly and I can finally watch shit without buying a whole lot of unessisary crap from Sky. Also I like steam DRM (most of the time) because it acts as a backup and syncs my accounts from different computers, we need more of that! Steam has made a compelling reason to choose them over others, I'm not forced into it, that makes it good DRM (shockingly).

[@YYZ2112able]

Is that Neil Hamburger at 4:01?

[@runakovacs4759]

I like Steam's method. You need internet to download it anyways, so it authenticates when downloading and then lets you live freely. If you need to copy it to a PC without internet access, you can request authentication options from Valve to do an offline auth.

[@2arx992]

do you know that any dev of a game can put drm on top of steam like gta 4 with games for windows live

[@lineseyaether]

i draw a big big line at the constant phone home connectivity ones most of my EA games are unavailable if i decide to take my computer with me big reason i use steam more often now

[@Koketsune]

Honestly, if i was to create a digital product, Song/program/picture etc, i wouldn't care if it got shared around by someone who bought it or not. Honestly its free publicity, and can cause more people to buy more copies later on.

[@pjpeej13]

Koketsune Haya But down the line, the free publicity will gather more people to pirate your product. Now, yes, technically there are people who will legally buy the product. Whether that's due to lack of pirating knowledge or due to a will to support the creator is debatable. However, there are just as many people willing to obtain your product for free. Because they can. Here's an example. In high school, I was the guy who could install games on graphing calculators. At first, I just did it for free, getting my name out there. Once people knew I did it, I charged around 5 bucks for a game pack (like 7 games). At first, people bought it. Then suddenly I had no one coming to get the games. I asked around, and found out that people were just getting it from other people. No one wanted to pay. No one credited the original distributor. Publicity is awesome, but means nothing without a reason to buy. Piracy negates a reason to buy. Now, I understand this is a very different situation. Large scale publicity brings in a much larger group of people, of which some would actually still pay on a moral ground. But the fact remains, that the average joe doesn't care about you making money. Cause someone else will pay. They just want the most convenient way to get it FOR THEM. The fact is, pirating isn't a community of perfect people with perfect motives. Many of these people aren't satisfied with just downloading for themselves. Some will sell it themselves, trying to make a profit off of your product. Still others wish to claim it as their own. This can be seen especially with freelance photography. People remove signature marks on photographs and reupload them as their own, making money that, arguably, the photographer would make. Perhaps the pirater is accessing a community that the photographer wouldn't have had access to, but the fact remains that the photographer has all legal ownership to it. In fact, there are plenty of legal distributors that do this for you. TL;DR The concept is great. The people who actively use and distribute the content aren't.

[@AustriaTV]

Do a video about magnetic archives (VHS, Discettes, Tapedrives)