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>Good DRM should be seamless and no-different (to the end user) to non-DRM content There is no such thing. DRM tries to do something that's fundamentally impos
by pedrocr 10y ago
>Good DRM should be seamless and no-different (to the end user) to non-DRM content
There is no such thing. DRM tries to do something that's fundamentally impossible. It wants to allow you to view content while at the same time not allow you to copy it but that's a distinction that only exists in intent not technically. It's also impossible in practice since at best it could aim to be as good as not existing at all but since it's not made of magic pixie dust but is actual hardware and software it will both fail open and fail closed. The fail open cases will be used to get the content out of it. The fail closed ones will frustrate users who just want to be able to view their content who will then grab the illegal copies and will soon figure out that they are paying for an inferior experience.
- Jaruzel 10y agoI kinda agree there. If you can see it - it can be copied. Maybe the best counter to DRM is for people to be more honest :)