Welcome
Welcome to the "official" I Hate DRM site. Over the last couple of years and especially over the last couple of months, the DRM issue has really received a lot of press. I created this site because, as a consumer, I am fed up. I feel like all of the entertainment that I love is slowly being eroded away by overly greedy companies. This website is meant to be a platform to capture how DRM is changing the way paying customers are receiving content. I want to hear your complaints, your horror stories, your whatever...I just want more people to start talking about it.
Why "I Hate DRM"
I created this site because I could no longer sit back and let this stuff happen without saying something. The single consumer has little power and I didn't know what else to do. So I figured I would start up a site and dedicate it to talking about why DRM is bad for consumers. My hope is that, at some point, someone from one of these companies realizes this.
The marketing and PR companies want you to believe that they are combating piracy of their content. This is completely untrue. Every DRM scheme out there can be easily defeated by a person with the will, time, and money (aka pirates). So what is DRM really designed to do?
Well, I plan on talking a lot about that. I plan on posting links and articles about the crazy things companies are doing to "protect" their content. I suspect that most paying customers feel the same way that I do and I have yet to see a place online where we can have a voice. This is the plan for this site.
I encourage you to talk about this as much as possible. The forums are open but require registration. The anon comments on the blog have been disabled due to automated blogspam. You can comment if you are registered.