DRM a philosophical issue?

Actually, it’s an issue of ownership.

Valleywag quotes an article from the ars technica guys which concludes:

…and we left wondering if the DRM controversy might be more philosophical in nature than rooted in any real-world inconveniences.

It seems like the Ars guys approached this as if there was a technical problem to solved. DRM is not an issue that is technical but one of ownership. DRM hurts legitimate sales and encourages the pirating of games. Spore is a great example and clearly it was not terribly difficult to circumvent the piracy countermeasures. DRM is a question of property rights and who actually owns the product that is purchased. Better folk have written more clearly on the subject then I can, so I’ll leave it at that.

WotLK date is officially announced…

Only a day late in commenting and only a week off when I reported Nov 4th. According to CNET (and about a billion other sources), it’s Nov 13th. It’s interesting that Blizzard is releasing on a Thursday. It’s as if they’re in cahoots with employers who know that their going to lose employees for the better part of a week. At least in this case, they’re only losing them for 2 days before the weekend.

Also of interest is that this release date is five days before l4d hits steam. It’s going to be a very interesting couple of weeks of gaming. So get your preorders in and start planning that vacation time.