> Well, surely DRM prevents enough users from copying the product to make it worthwhile? What I don't understand is that it's not how it works, all it takes is

> Well, surely DRM prevents enough users from copying the product to make it worthwhile? What I don't understand is that it's not how it works, all it takes is for one single user to make a copy and upload it on newsgroups/bittorrent/... and it's available for everybody. That means that in order for DRM to work you need a 100% success rate at preventing unprotected copies. This seems absolutely implausible. Since I'm unhappy with the selection and compatibility of the current streaming services offering I keep pirating all the TV shows and movies I watch and they're always available for download mere hours after their official/legal counterparts. It's not like videogames where intricate anti-piracy measures can take weeks or even sometimes months to break, here it's mostly about the time for the pirated copy to disseminate on the network. I wonder by which metric video DRM can be said to work. It's a pain for legit users because they can't view their movies and shows on all of their devices easily and it's a complete non-issue for pirates.