Comments on: Game designer Chris Taylor pushes “secure computing” as solution to piracy http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/ Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:57:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Spore fails to live up to its potential | PC Game Fun Time http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-55803 Spore fails to live up to its potential | PC Game Fun Time Tue, 21 Oct 2008 02:29:10 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-55803 [...] copy of the game to three installations — ever. I’ve written about DRM multiple times in the past, so I don’t feel compelled to take this opportunity to make any statement on DRM beyond [...] [...] copy of the game to three installations — ever. I’ve written about DRM multiple times in the past, so I don’t feel compelled to take this opportunity to make any statement on DRM beyond [...]

]]> By: Spore fails to live up to its potential | Cyde Weys Musings http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-44336 Spore fails to live up to its potential | Cyde Weys Musings Tue, 09 Sep 2008 01:54:06 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-44336 [...] copy of the game to three installations — ever. I’ve written about DRM multiple times in the past, so I don’t feel compelled to take this opportunity to make any statement on DRM beyond [...] [...] copy of the game to three installations — ever. I’ve written about DRM multiple times in the past, so I don’t feel compelled to take this opportunity to make any statement on DRM beyond [...]

]]> By: DRM: how things you’ve bought aren’t actually yours | Cyde Weys Musings http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-28134 DRM: how things you’ve bought aren’t actually yours | Cyde Weys Musings Fri, 30 May 2008 04:20:19 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-28134 [...] have been trying to warn people about the dangers of Digital Restrictions Management for a while, we really have. Yet you just aren’t listening to us! Well, here are two recent all-too-obvious-in-hindsight [...] [...] have been trying to warn people about the dangers of Digital Restrictions Management for a while, we really have. Yet you just aren’t listening to us! Well, here are two recent all-too-obvious-in-hindsight [...]

]]> By: William (green) http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-17725 William (green) Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:35:32 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-17725 http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/02/13/gears-of-war-creator-update/ See link for a slightly less obvious look at it. http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/02/13/gears-of-war-creator-update/
See link for a slightly less obvious look at it.

]]> By: Supreme Commander Talk » Chris Taylor pushes “secure computing” as solution to piracy http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-17676 Supreme Commander Talk » Chris Taylor pushes “secure computing” as solution to piracy Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:54:44 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-17676 [...] 2008-02-28: Version 2 of this post is now published on Cyde Weys Musings. Why did I modify it and post it elsewhere? Two posts for the [...] [...] 2008-02-28: Version 2 of this post is now published on Cyde Weys Musings. Why did I modify it and post it elsewhere? Two posts for the [...]

]]> By: drinian http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/comment-page-1/#comment-17675 drinian Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:54:14 +0000 http://www.cydeweys.com/blog/2008/02/28/game-designer-chris-taylor-pushes-secure-computing-as-solution-to-piracy/#comment-17675 Reminds me of the old Blizzard <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_v._BnetD" rel="nofollow">case against bnetd</a>. Running an MMO isn't a guarantee of constant revenue, either. I have to take your modest proposal at the end without much seriousness, although I think <i>either</i> of those conditions would be sufficient. I know that there are plenty of indie developers out there who release without DRM, activation servers, or any of that other stuff, and gain customers because of it, and that seems like the way to go. (On the other hand, the Dreamcast was incredibly piracy-friendly, and I encountered a huge number of illicit copies of Dreamcast games when I entered college, among people who were not very tech-savvy). Also, I think that what he might be getting at is that PC gaming (and console gaming) may move more towards the software-as-a-service model; games that would have an expiration date, effectively. AFAIK there are DRM systems that haven't been broken that require authorization, e.g. the old Google Video system. Will gamers go for this? If Halo 7 is only released SaaS, yes, I think they will. For some disposable types of games, like football or basketball with current player data, it almost makes sense. Reminds me of the old Blizzard case against bnetd. Running an MMO isn’t a guarantee of constant revenue, either.

I have to take your modest proposal at the end without much seriousness, although I think either of those conditions would be sufficient. I know that there are plenty of indie developers out there who release without DRM, activation servers, or any of that other stuff, and gain customers because of it, and that seems like the way to go. (On the other hand, the Dreamcast was incredibly piracy-friendly, and I encountered a huge number of illicit copies of Dreamcast games when I entered college, among people who were not very tech-savvy).

Also, I think that what he might be getting at is that PC gaming (and console gaming) may move more towards the software-as-a-service model; games that would have an expiration date, effectively. AFAIK there are DRM systems that haven’t been broken that require authorization, e.g. the old Google Video system. Will gamers go for this? If Halo 7 is only released SaaS, yes, I think they will. For some disposable types of games, like football or basketball with current player data, it almost makes sense.

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