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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by ColdSnickersBar on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:26PM (#3348822)
Non-technical users are almost every single user in the world. So, if DRM prevents just those people from being able to simply email a video to a friend, then it actually is preventing most "pirating".
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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by pyre on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:41PM (#3348886)
It prevents person-to-person sharing for non-technical users of the original content. The real question is: How hard is it for a non-technical user to find and download a pirated version from the Internet?

It's the difference between:

  Hey! This track is awesome lemme email it to you.
and

  Hey! This track is awesome. Google for a pirated version
  of it!
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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by ColdSnickersBar on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @03:00PM (#3348955)
Almost everyone on the internet doesn't know what a torrent is, and would stop at trying to email it to a friend. The larger share of the market IS being prevented from sharing by DRM.
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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by nitrogen on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @04:38PM (#3349413)
They don't have to know what a torrent is to search for "How do I watch season 4 episode 2 of MY_FAVORITE_SHOW for free?" and eventually find a torrent or working video stream.
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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by dmd on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @02:59PM (#3348954)
Most people I know outside of programming circles would find the latter to be WAY too much bother.
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Re:Louis C.K. "I've never seen a check from a [TV] comedy sp... by dman on Tuesday December 13, 2011 @05:08PM (#3349567)
How much of the world lives in programming circles? Is it large enough for the labels to bother suing users? Regular joes/janes are more resourceful than you give them credit for.
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