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Their freedom ends where mine begins. Copyright legislation is a legislative solution to a legislative problem, wheras DRM is a technical non-solution to a non-

Their freedom ends where mine begins. Copyright legislation is a legislative solution to a legislative problem, wheras DRM is a technical non-solution to a non-technical problem, and infringes upon my own rights. The latter is the real problem here.

DoreenMichele 7y ago
My basic point is that you don't get access to the thing at all to begin with if: A. No one bothers to create it because "Fuck you, pay me! I'm not your bitch." B. No one bothers to distribute it because "Fuck you, pay me! I'm not your bitch." We quibble a whole lot about where to draw the line, but if you outright make it impossible for the creators and the distributors to make a comfortable living themselves, then you don't have the thing at all to argue about "DRM or no DRM. That is the question." If we want good things, we need to design a system that facilitates and rewards actions that add value to the system so people have reason to do so.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  DRM does not work. Not really anyway. The games industry struggled with high piracy rates for decades and Steam changed that - not because of Steam's relatively lax DRM, but because Steam itself was more convenient & easier than piracy. Ever since Origin, Epic Games store, etc.. have started to compete with Steam, piracy rates have started increasing again for the first time in decades. People want to buy things on the platforms they choose, if you don't let them do that they'll pirate content. This increased fragmentation is starting to hurt the streaming industry too. Just look at how angry people are at Netflix's library being so lackluster nowadays. I believe the true solution for everybody getting paid is to relax the copyright laws, so content can't be crippled and tied to one service. Not invasive solutions like DRM - those only drive people to more piracy.
  - DoreenMichele 7y ago
    I don't particularly disagree with you. But the article doesn't mention DRM, the thing I initially replied to doesn't either and I'm having a lot of trouble understanding why you are suddenly going on about DRM as if I made some kind of pro DRM statement that desperately needs to be shot down.

DoreenMichele 7y ago

My basic point is that you don't get access to the thing at all to begin with if: A. No one bothers to create it because "Fuck you, pay me! I'm not your bitch." B. No one bothers to distribute it because "Fuck you, pay me! I'm not your bitch." We quibble a whole lot about where to draw the line, but if you outright make it impossible for the creators and the distributors to make a comfortable living themselves, then you don't have the thing at all to argue about "DRM or no DRM. That is the question." If we want good things, we need to design a system that facilitates and rewards actions that add value to the system so people have reason to do so.

cameronbrown 7y ago
DRM does not work. Not really anyway. The games industry struggled with high piracy rates for decades and Steam changed that - not because of Steam's relatively lax DRM, but because Steam itself was more convenient & easier than piracy. Ever since Origin, Epic Games store, etc.. have started to compete with Steam, piracy rates have started increasing again for the first time in decades. People want to buy things on the platforms they choose, if you don't let them do that they'll pirate content. This increased fragmentation is starting to hurt the streaming industry too. Just look at how angry people are at Netflix's library being so lackluster nowadays. I believe the true solution for everybody getting paid is to relax the copyright laws, so content can't be crippled and tied to one service. Not invasive solutions like DRM - those only drive people to more piracy.
- DoreenMichele 7y ago
  I don't particularly disagree with you. But the article doesn't mention DRM, the thing I initially replied to doesn't either and I'm having a lot of trouble understanding why you are suddenly going on about DRM as if I made some kind of pro DRM statement that desperately needs to be shot down.