The trend is almost disturbing, but there is a distinct effort to get console games to shed one of their last remaining advantages over PC games: transferability. You buy a PC game, you buy the license where the only item of value is the product key or serial number that gets permanently tied to your computer or account. The resale market is ( Read more... )

Digital Rights Management, or DRM for short, has been the subject of much debate. I've discussed this issue before ( link to post), but there has been a lot of activity in recent weeks. Three different companies are gearing up for new schemes that aim to change the way computer software is managed for the benefit of consumers and publishers alike.

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