Why Bother With DRM?
It sounds like DRM continues to lose favor. This week at GamaSutra there's an insightful article about the alternatives:

PC Game Piracy: Why Bother with DRM?

I think that Stardock's "Goo" solution still counts as DRM as far as the original meaning of the term. But what gamers have grown weary of is the draconian restrictions imposed by the more recent flavors of DRM which - more than anything else - impose a very real risk of loss of their purchase, particularly over the long term. A risk not shared by pirates who simply use a "cracked" copy. When the pirates have a superior product to the paying customers, something's wrong.

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