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The problem of people not getting money.

• ZeroGravitas 16y ago
  Which it failed spectacularly at by a) not doing anything to curb piracy, and b) pissing off actual consumers so much they'd rather pirate, c) being such "a bag of hurt" that it didn't get added to Apple's computers.
  • Blunt 16y ago
    and c) the dillusion that there exists lost sales because a torrent of said flick is available now...
  • jrockway 16y ago
    No, I think the consumer electronics companies made a lot of money off of this. That Big Content mandated it was even better for them. Selling a 50 cent piece of wire for $80 is a much better business model than making a movie and getting people to buy it, after all.
  • fragmede 16y ago
    > c) being such "a bag of hurt" that it didn't get added to Apple's computers. Uh, yeah it (HDCP) did; on specific movies rented via iTunes, if you don't have an HDCP compliant display, it won't play. http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/apple-incorporates-hdcp-copy-protection-in-new-laptops/ http://www.macrumors.com/2008/11/18/apple-incorporates-hdcp-...