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

Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by shmerl on Friday May 16, 2014 @06:08PM (#7758214)

Thanks for links to the papers. A common tone in them is that there is a significant amount of people who are opposed to DRM. More than I expected at least. That's good. But I guess it's still not enough to eliminate DRM.

Some mention the same idea I brought above:

> DRM systems were widely resisted by many other interviewees. They were quite openly considered rather as a cause to piracy than a tool to inhibit it.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by anigbrowl on Saturday May 17, 2014 @04:52PM (#7761026)

Like I said earlier, about 1/3 of people find it obnoxious enough to alter their economic behavior. So you have to weigh the possible additional revenue from that 1/3 of people if you abandon DRM against the equally possible loss of revenue from people from people who would have been willing to purchase but now suffer no loss of convenience if they choose not to do so.

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Re:The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations... by shmerl on Saturday May 17, 2014 @10:08PM (#7761884)

You would think they'd consider to drop DRM to gain 1/3 of users who they otherwise lose. But they don't do it. That doesn't make sense to me.

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