Sorry, but that's bullocks. DRM does not secure things, just ask any company that's used it in the past 20 years. People crack it just as quickly as it comes out, and in the end it's the consumer that loses when the company goes out of business or stops supporting it's DRM. (Just ask all the abandoned media player folks who have DRM music on media players that have no server to confirm with now... there are several.) The real problem is you have to have something nice that people are willing to pay for, and because OVI can't seem to get it right, you have to do things yourself. After the Angry Birds mess it's no suprise that vendors are shying away from it. In fact, there's a pretty good revenue idea for someone interested in doing it: Setup a better store. Want to see an example? Head to JoikuSpot.com. They sell an app for the N900 to do wifi-tethering. They setup their own repository, which installs a deb package with an executable bundled to your ID. (It dynamically packages it based on the link name from what I can tell.) Then they e-mail you an application key, which you enter into the app the first time you fire it up. That key activates (now knowing more about your system, like the IMEI) and you can update all you like from that device for that product. But you can't just copy it to friends simply as a deb and expect it to work. Sure, if someone really wanted to, they could probably figure out how it works and copy it to their friend. But at €7, it's just not worth it to go through that hassle. (Where the $3 vs copying a deb file may be...) The key to selling anything in a software market is to make it just a little more annoying to copy than it's worth price wise. Opensource has the added disadvantage that several things are already available because it's easier to port than to re-code. Why buy Worms when you can get the linux version for free?