i don't think you are agreeing with chip - his sites don't use DRM. he likes the theory but not how it works at this time.

frankly i don't care about fair or unfair. i care that it lowers retention, less guys who cancel will come back and rejoin, which can be a major loss, and causes the site to make less money. there are reasons sites like corbinfisher and fratmen stopped using drm.

if you have enough updates, your members will never be able to download everything because there will always be something new - and that means retention and rejoins. but the guys do love to download and play later, and having watermarked videos will also bring ex-members back from time to time if they like the content.

you are going by the assumption that the same people who download videos off bittorrent are potential buyers. i know some guys into free stuff, and they wouldn't join any site either way - they're dedicated freebies.

Quote Originally Posted by jorgebianco View Post
I agree with gaybuckchips. Drm, even when far from being perfect, is always better than nothing.

I don't think it's unfair. I do think it is VERY unfair to give away the whole content of our sites for ever, for just a monthly suscription.

I did not mention it in my first quote, but besides drm I use pennywize to limit the daily download to 3 gigas. It's more than reasonable for someone who simply wants to have a good time and jerk off, but will keep away those who want to download our entire content and then dissapear.

I know there are some alternatives to drm based on flash and quick time but I don't know where to find out more about them, any suggestions?

Thanks