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Honestly I see it closer to civil disobedience, where people simply refuse to follow laws that they consider against their best interest. And I think it's hard

Honestly I see it closer to civil disobedience, where people simply refuse to follow laws that they consider against their best interest. And I think it's hard to argue that it's working - like John Oliver said when 'talking' to the 90s, "we have stopped paying for our music, and we got away with it!". I see your point though,and I'm slightly annoyed that you're downvoted for it.

mirimir 8y ago
Yes, civil disobedience. And yes, it didn't really work for music. Instead of absurdly expensive CDs, we have inexpensive streaming services that provide no actual files. And log and sell usage data.
- detaro 8y ago
  On the other hand, it has been quite a while since I wanted to buy some specific music and couldn't find an option to buy it as audio files somewhere.
- drngdds 8y ago
  It worked great for music. You can download DRM-free music and keep it forever. This only happened after Apple and friends tried putting DRM on their downloads and people didn't want to put up with it.
  - jsjohnst 8y ago
    > This only happened after Apple and friends tried putting DRM That wasn’t Apple’s choice, to get the rights to the music, they had too. Once they were a juggernaut in the space, they successfully forced the music industry to change. I’m still waiting for that to happen with movies and tv shows, but I’m unoptimistic it’ll happen any time soon.