> But piracy is good right? Death to DRM! > That content above seems to be very popular sentiment on HN and other techy places. I don't understand that since a

> But piracy is good right? Death to DRM! > That content above seems to be very popular sentiment on HN and other techy places. I don't understand that since all you hurt are people like the author of this post. You can't begin to understand it, if you don't understand the 'sentiment' you describe in the first place. Nobody is saying that it is OK to steal someone's work and not pay them for it. The argument against DRM is usually that: 1. I shouldn't, as a paying customer, be required to purchase multiple times just to consume on a different platform, this increases piracy. 2. You shouldn't charge prices that your customers can't afford to pay, increases piracy. 3. DRM punishes paying customers while pirates get a better (unrestricted) version anyway, so where's the incentive to not pirate? ...and many more. Notice how none of these endorse piracy as a good thing, merely point out that these factors lead to it.