The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)

Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by DarylZero on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:06PM (#29716798)

But it does, because of the effect just mentioned. 99.999% of people can take the path of least resistance while the 1 in 100,000 exception bears all of the friction for all of them.

Perhaps though the real friction is not exactly technical but that the piracy sites don't have the same attention-capturing "feed" or recommendation mechanisms set up. Just the friction of having to make choices.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by oriolid on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @02:18PM (#29716915)

There are still entire websites dedicated for TV shows and music (and after you have looked at them once, they show up on Android feed), Facebook and Twitter feeds, etc. And I guess everyone agrees that Netflix recommendations are not that great.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by kube-system on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @06:29PM (#29719629)

"99.999% of people" aren't pirating media. The profits of the media industry speaks for their own success. They are doing fine.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by DarylZero on Wednesday December 29, 2021 @12:07AM (#29722107)

I didn't say that 99.999% of people are pirating media.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by oriolid on Tuesday December 28, 2021 @10:09PM (#29721355)

This would leave around "70000" people globally who do. The number sounds suspiciously small to me.

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