> Are they worried about the needless increased cost to consumers, or maybe they think it might actually work well enough? Obviously the former. They are both

> Are they worried about the needless increased cost to consumers, or maybe they think it might actually work well enough? Obviously the former. They are both focused on ethical issues related to computing, which DRM has many implications for despite it's complete inability to achieve its stated goals. > If you are really against DRM, I don't get how saying DRM "will never work" will help avoid it. The idea is that if the companies pushing DRM realize that they are spending a ton of money pushing something that is useless, they will stop. Personally I don't think this is a viable strategy simply because it requires a level of rational thought from large companies that they clearly are incapable of acting on.