hansschmucker: There are some good games, but right now the selection is rather limited. Publishers are careful and they are afraid to set a precedent if they publish games here, without DRM.

hansschmucker: Publishers are like dinosaurs. It takes something extra tasty to make them turn their head. And stupid as this may sound to most of us, $50k is not nearly tasty enough for most of them.
The trick is to give them something that looks like their usual (DRMed) chow

hansschmucker: Hi everybody.
I just wanted to say "good job" to everybody at GoG. The experience is flawless. The page is a joy to navigate and pretty much my "Gold Standard" as far as online shops are concerned. It's so effortless that I even repurchased a game (Unreal) that I already own, just because it was so much easier than looking for the disc :)
My little problem is about the merchandise itself. There are some good games, but right now the selection is rather limited. Publishers are careful and they are afraid to set a precedent if they publish games here, without DRM. Of course, that's what attracted me and many others here to actually use GoG, so it seems like we have a sort of stalemate situation here.
But maybe there's some common ground. I mean, we all buy games. We don't want to pirate them, otherwise we wouldn't be here. We just don't want to deal with obstructive DRM that gets in the way. So, for me at least, a little bit of "oldfashioned" DRM would be acceptable in the form of a signature that is embedded into games that I purchase and that is linked to me. Nothing that "executes", but maybe a credit card hash value embedded into a texture or something like that. That way, if a GoG game is distributed, it can be traced.
I know this isn't an effective mechanism, but neither is "normal" DRM and yet the publishers still require shops to use it so maybe, just maybe, it will be enough to attract some more.
What I would want GoG to do if they choose that route is properly communicate it. If a publisher requires such an embedded signature, please say so. Don't hide it in the ToS. Put it right on the info page... something like "The publisher of this game requires use to sign each download of this game with a unique signature that can be traced back to your account, so be sure not to put it into the wrong hands."
So, what do you (by which I mean both the GoG staff and the users) think?

GuiOhm: And I in turn have to compensate by rating it positively: that person exposed an idea in a civil way and with explanations, so nothing justifies branding his post in such a manner. I do find his/her idea misguided, but that shouldn't have anything to do with rating.

hansschmucker: @Ghostfromthepast, I suggest that you reread my post and the snippet from the About page you posted and you'll see that they don't have anything to do with each other. The quote talks about what I refer to as "active" DRM, not passive mechanisms like watermarks. In fact, GoG could install watermarks and they wouldn't even have to change anything in that sentence. I wouldn't advise them to do it that way, but they could.
Lots of people in this thread have made valid points (mostly against my idea, but I'm OK with that) and I want to discuss those, so please. post all ideas, reasons, problems and so on that you can find, but do so in a civilized manner.

hansschmucker: No, I'm not a troll and neither am I insane. I just want the best experience and well, that means getting content under acceptable terms. I'm posting here simply as an enduser....