Comment Number:	539814-00452
Received:	1/10/2009 11:38:53 PM
Organization:
Commenter:	Jake Zerbe
State:	IN
Agency:	Federal Trade Commission
Rule:	FTC Town Hall to Address Digital Rights Management Technologies - Event Takes Place Wednesday, March 25, 2009, in Seattle
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Comments:

Research has revealed that in several cases, DRM software, "SecuRom" in this case, does not make the user aware that it is being installed to their system, and in some instances, disables CD and DVD burners. I consider this 'overkill'. By considering that everyone pirates their software, DRM programs can potentially do more harm than good to what is most likely an innocent consumer's machine. It has been compared to malware in several cases.