Learn from the mistakes of others

I suspect that a lot of the failure avoidance comes from people protecting/pursuing their reputations, and thus careers. Currently, admitting your failure just advertises it.

A cultural flaw that is well past due being addressed.

I also suspect that it can be very very hard to get everyone involved in a project to take it seriously

Again, to my mind, that's a serious cultural flaw - at the very least a problem with the organisation/corporation involved, though I suspect somewhat more endemic.

Here's a neat think I just read about anti piracy

It's been considered before. But pointless. Hackers are much more creative than most corporations - and some people have the spare cash to go through a few units just for hte fun of being able to stick it to the man™

Again with the "Broken Business Model" ...

The one guy who is going to buy that won't make it to the shop that day because he'll be in the line outside the shop that charges $200 to rape you with a hot poker.

Only if he somehow managed to accidentally find himself with a girlfriend ... *beams*

How long did it take for someone to figure out how to get around the DRM in iPods? The "region" crap in DVD's? etc.