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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by wolco on Friday February 08, 2019 @01:36PM (#19117252)
It's important to keep the piracy channel alive. Right now you may feel you have choices and options but there are a handful of players who can sell you everything. 2020 may not be as great.
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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by Wowfunhappy on Friday February 08, 2019 @02:03PM (#19117564)
If the media we purchase today is DRM Free, it will be easy to distribute when and if the legal channels disappear.

Having easy-accessible piracy channels now works against that goal by incentivizing content providers to invest in more stringent DRM schemes. DRM can rarely prevent piracy completely, of course, but it can make piracy more difficult and less accessible.

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Re:Spotify will now suspend or terminate accounts it finds a... by wolco on Friday February 08, 2019 @03:35PM (#19118387)
DRM never stopped piracy and DRM affected paying customers and drove them toward piracy makincg it more accissible (more people sharing bigger hive). The effect is not the cause in this case.
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