Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

A rather famous saying/quote most people should have heard at some point in their lifetime.

Now if anyone has learned anything about Digital Rights Management(DRM) and it's problems while trying to install software, listen to music or movies(especially blu-ray) it is definitely the consumer. You would have figured out how much of a pain it can be in many forms.

Tomorrow a highly anticipated movie releases called Avatar to theaters worldwide. Some lucky people have been allowed to see it ahead of time, supposedly today in 3D.

The problem? ... DRM, the system being used to prevent anyone outside of theaters from playing the movies failed during their launch of the 3D version. For hours they worked on fixing the system.

To keep things simple, the system that plays the video is supposed to contact a main server that says the projector is allowed to play it and gives it a special key to access the movie.

DRM fails everywhere and/or is easily bypassed, so why do they still bother with such a useless system? Apparently they do not learn from history and will keep repeating these problems.

Source: http://torrentfreak.com/drm-fiasco-ruins-james-camerons-avatar-3d-preview-091217/