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Well DRM benefits only the entities that are for various reasons gatekeepers - they have locked the users, platform or own enormous catalogs of IP. And some cre
by venomsnake 13y ago
Well DRM benefits only the entities that are for various reasons gatekeepers - they have locked the users, platform or own enormous catalogs of IP. And some creators begin to realize that having some part of the audience get away with not paying for content is the lesser evil than jumping trough hoops to be able to get to the users and struggle with institutional censorship.
If you have people reading your stuff without paying you have to figure out how to monetize. If Apple/Amazon finds your work offensive/unsuitable you are DOA.
- akgoel 13y agoThat's circular logic. They have figured out how to monetize - by utilizing DRM.
- TillE 13y agoDo they have any evidence that DRM is important for this? It baffles me that the music industry was very quick to discard DRM despite being the loudest opponent of piracy for a while, and yet everyone else is still locking down their content. And no, before someone mentions it, streaming was absolutely not a factor in their decision at the time.