Abostonboy I'd rather you had a bit more of an understanding about the nature of our DRM implementation and how we use it before going out and saying things that are inaccurate and untrue.

It's highly irresponsible of you to make such unfounded statements.

I think you'll find that CorbinFisher implements DRM is the most user-friendly way possible. And the fact of the matter is that we go to great lengths, expend great amounts of energy and resources and work extremely hard at creating the content we do and have every right to protect it from theft and unauthorized distribution.

- For one, our licenses are permanent. A user joins the site and they are able to watch that video forever, so long as it's kept on the same computer. We do not terminate the license once the membership has expired. When someone download that video to their harddrive, it is theirs to keep.

- There is no "one view a day" rule. You can view that video as many times as you want so long as it is on the same computer the license resides on. The only time you would run in to a situation that could in any way be perceived as a "one view a day" rule is if you are attempting to view the video on a computer that is different from the one you originally downloaded it to and acquired the license on or you are attempting the view the video from different computers at the same time.

On any given day and with any given update, you can stream the video, return to download it, return to stream it yet again, watch the downloaded version infinite times, download and stream the various video sizes/options we have (you can stream and/or download the low res and high res videos all day long for all we care, so long as it's from the same computer the license was first acquired on).

You can do this everyday. For as long as you and your computer live.

- We receive considerable amounts of praise and expressed appreciation from our members who appreciate our right and desire to protect our content and how user-friendly our DRM implementation is. Most notably, they are extremely content with our permanent license policy.

- You would have been one of the only people to have ever chargedback with our site, had you done so. I have no problem sharing here that our current chargeback rate is 0.000014%. And that's with our DRM. With, I might ad, our DRM that you seem to think sprung forth from the depths of hell itself.

I hear a lot of talk here about conversion and how DRM might negatively influence conversion. I'm of the belief that is a one-dimensional view of it. Is it possible that DRM could negatively influence conversion? It is. People mention the loss of Mac users, hostility among surfers and so forth.

But there are dimensions to the issue that go far beyond that and show that DRM is entirely capable of improving conversion by preventing the hemorrhaging of content. How badly would a complete and total loss of control over content; it being freely, readily available any and everywhere without requiring a membership; there being not only a wave but a culture of piracy surrounding that producers content influence conversion? I'd say it'd hit it far worse than the loss of 2-3% of surfers who are limited to Macs.

We don't allow Mac users to join our site. They simply can not do it. Our system will not let them. That helps prevent them from going through the trouble of joining only to find out they can not view the videos, and eliminates the possibility of chargebacks from disgruntled Mac users. Was that a decision we took lightly? Most certainly not. We spent an incredible amount of time obsessing over every minute aspect of our membership and concluded that it was better for us as well as our affiliates to sacrifice the 2-3% of members confined to Macs than the 25-30% that'd be lost on account of hopelessly easy access to pirated content.

Before making the jump to the producer/sponsor side of the industry, I myself ran a high-volume-traffic affiliate website. I ran a poll of my surfers asking them where they got their videos from a couple highly popular sites that did not use DRM. Out of the many hundreds that responded to my poll, less than 5% actually got them from joining the site. The rest got the videos from p2p, friends, free hosting sites, and so forth. Everyone was stealing this producer's stuff. Not a single person in this entire industry has any right to tell that producer he's not entitled to protect his content in the face of that kind of blatant thievery.

As for this:

1. There are lags. Goto Corbin and SC.
2. I am old fashion. To me IF a member pays, I want to deliver a product to him that he is satisfied with.
3. Retention. Two sides. Do members like DRM - NO. Once the novelty of the site wears off, frustration moves in.
4. Conversion - By advertising NO DRM you can get conversuions higher.
1. One rare occasion there can be a slight lag as information is passed from the licensing server to the user. That is true. But to suggest that it is something so severe as to interfere with the experience of the surfer is a poor conclusion to make. We rarely, if ever, receive complaints regarding any lag. Our users find that our videos load very promptly and that the license acquisition phase of viewing does not interrupt their enjoyment of the content. This is the internet. There are countless times at which a person might experience lag and countless reasons. To try and isolate lag allegedly or potentially associated with DRM as some debilitating handicap misrepresents the nature of it.

2. Delivering content that satisfies the user and protecting that content with DRM are not mutually exclusive.

3. Our members enjoy our content so much that they are able to understand and appreciate why we have DRM in place. In fact, our single greatest source of tips regarding potential violations of our copyright are the members themselves. They enjoy and appreciate the content so much they eagerly pay for it and bring to our attention anyone that doesn't so that we may take appropriate action.

4. Again, a very one-dimensional view. For every one person that joins because they see "no drm!", how many potential members have you lost on account of their easily finding it for free somewhere else?

Quite frankly, DRM is one of many supplemental aspects of conversion and retention. There are countless matters that can have nominal - in relation to the whole - effects on conversion and retention. But at the very core of a sites ability to convert and retain is a single factor: CONTENT. If it is hot, if it turns people on, if it gets people off, you can convert and retain. And if you're creating something that is hot, turns people on and gets people off, you are entitled to protect your content and your ability to convert and retain through all legal means.