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Most pirates are not subscribed in the first place. They just download something someone else had removed DRM from, which also makes it a superior experience. I
by alwayslikethis 4y ago
Most pirates are not subscribed in the first place. They just download something someone else had removed DRM from, which also makes it a superior experience. It only takes one pirate with a decent computer to encode a good DRM-free copy for it to be shared via BitTorrent. It is pointless to deter casual piracy when one "professional" pirate is enough to free the content.
- MBCook 4y ago> It is pointless to deter casual piracy when one "professional" pirate is enough to free the content. For the piracy scene, sure. It’s irrelevant. But for normal people the difference is huge. They may not know how to pirate content, where to go to find it, or be willing risk downloading it and getting in trouble (scary FBI warnings and ISP letters). But once it’s trivial due to the lack of protection it will be all over TikTok and FB and WAY more people will pirate. Those are the people DRM, even light DRM, stop.
- tcmart14 4y agoThe way I like to put it is with an phrase your hear sometimes in the lock picking community. Locks actually don't really offer much protection. Their main function is to "keep an honest man honest."
- MBCook 4y agoPerfect saying. For DRM it needs to be effective enough to stop most people, even if that’s very weak in absolute terms.