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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by pandler on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @07:53PM (#19559677)
I think this is an incomplete picture. Guessing at their motivations, DRM also serves to reduce opportunities for casual copyright violation when you have to jump through illegal (which is part of the scheme) hoops to circumvent it.
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Re:I tried creating a web browser, and Google blocked me by jdsully on Tuesday April 02, 2019 @08:52PM (#19559936)
But by and large people don't make mix tapes, or bootleg videos anymore. They torrent it from the one person with the time to break the DRM. They would likely still do this even if the content was DRM free since its easier.
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