'Vergeet DRM, richt je op de eerlijke mensen'

De oprichter van Minecraft, Marcus 'Notch' Persson, heeft weer van zich laten horen. De beste man vindt namelijk dat developers zich neit langer moeten focussen op het implementeren van DRM. Bedrijven moeten zich niet focussen op het kopiëren van data, maar meer focussen op de eerlijke kopers. Dat levert geld op.

"There are so many evil companies that want to control the flow of information because they managed to do so for 20 years, and they want to do it forever. That's not really how information behaves. Copying something on the internet is a free process, and it's easy to do. You literally cannot install a game without copying. Everything is copying, all the time. Trying to control that is counterproductive.

If you really want to control it, you have to have hardcore, technical solutions to it. So, you have futile attempts like DRM. It gets more and more intrusive... I think [the internet is] fine as it is; I'm making lots of money off it. Piracy isn't stopping us. Sure, we'd prefer if people bought the game, but there are enough honest people out there. so, just focus on the honest people."

Eerder hoorden we ook al soortgelijke berichten van developer CD Projekt, die we kennen van The Witcher 2. Zij hebben ook aangegeven nooit meer DRM te willen gebruiken.