is this real? PS3 DL's DRM

[laesperanzapaz]

http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080921-playstation-3-video-drm-two-strikes-and-youre-out.html

So it's worse than Spore?

"If a consumer deletes a purchased movie from their PS3, they will not be able to redownload the movie without assistance from SCEA's consumer services," he told Ars. "Consumer service can issue a redownload as a one-time courtesy, as provided by our guidelines, for the title to allow the consumer to go back and download the movie from their PSN download list."

This isn't like the issue of Spore DRM where customer service seems to be willing to hand out new codes like they're candy; Sony is very clear that you can only redownload your content once after it has been purchased.

[brawndolicious]

I think I heard that you can share PSN arcade games on multiple PS3's so I'm guessing this is most likely because of bluray.  especially if it just applies to movies or tv shows and not anything like qore.

[TVC15]

This has more to do with commercial video downloads than anything.  iTunes is even more harsh--if you delete a purchased, commercial download, you WON'T get it back, period.

We all hate Sony, but this is one thing that probably isn't their fault.  Blame the media companies that demand harsh DRM.

[Lucretius]

iTunes is even more harsh--if you delete a purchased, commercial download, you WON'T get it back, period.

With iTunes, however, you can/should backup/copy your downloaded iTunes files as many times and on any external storage you want.

[dark1x]

This only relates to video material.

Sony has kickass DRM in place for all software downloads, however.  They deserve props for that.

[cool breeze]

Yeah, as others said this is only about the video content.  PS3 has the only capable solution to drm on the two major console.