Bill Gates: DRM Too Complex for Consumers

[Hell Puppy]

Originally Posted by lukeford

Content distributors who protect their material with digital rights management (DRM) may be doing themselves and their customers a disservice, according to Microsoft boss Bill Gates, who said the technology is simply too complicated for users.

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It aint too complicated, it's just too annoying. Consumers have always been barely tolerant of any form of copy protection. MOst people i know, myself included, hate paying for something only to have it's use restricted. DivX DVD's failed miserably for this reason.