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Re:Tim Berners-Lee just gave us an opening to stop DRM in We... by _pmf_ on Friday October 07, 2016 @07:29AM (#12659790)
> If DRM is deeply integrated into the web then everything will get affected by it. Already today some publisher go to great lengths to try to disturb people from copying simple text and images. It will get only worse.

The question is whether a paywall is actually worse that 4MB of malware ridden ads (which is how content is payed for currently).

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee just gave us an opening to stop DRM in We... by sbuk on Friday October 07, 2016 @07:45AM (#12659856)
Anecdotally, I often think "just let me pay you directly!" for content that is shrouded in ads. I also actively avoid apps that use ads for revenue. I suppose that the infrastructure to do that is hard vs serving ads, and I suppose targeted ads generate more revenue...
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee just gave us an opening to stop DRM in We... by adrianN on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:58AM (#12661137)
You don't need DRM to enable your users to pay you for content.
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Re:Tim Berners-Lee just gave us an opening to stop DRM in We... by CaptSpify on Friday October 07, 2016 @10:21AM (#12660843)
It doesn't have to be a binary thing though. We can (and do) have a system where you can just share things quickly and easily.
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