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Really? At least half of my "normal" friends know how to torrent stuff. That any normal people would torrent anything says a lot. Normally convenience wins. Ma
by gizzlon 13y ago
Really? At least half of my "normal" friends know how to torrent stuff.
That any normal people would torrent anything says a lot. Normally convenience wins. Maybe torrenting actually is the easiest way to get some content? For me, it's a no-brainer[1], but it's more surprising if this is the case for normal people as well. That should open the eyes of some content providers, but of course it won't.
[1] - Meaning that for me as a technical user, torrenting is really easy. Some things have just started to compete, like spotify, netflix and hbo online, but they are often crippled in other ways.
- dublinben 13y agoEverything you're downloading has already been stripped of the DRM by someone else. You're not stripping the DRM yourself, and I doubt most torrent users know how. You're just proving their point.
- icebraining 13y agoThe point is that DRM doesn't effectively protect content, since hundreds of millions of regular individuals can rather easily access "pirated" copies. Whether the protection is broken by their grandmothers or by a single über cracker is irrelevant.
- dublinben 13y agoI don't believe that anyone thinks DRM effectively protects content, even the companies employing it.
- joshstrange 13y agoI'm confused, 3 comments above this you say he is proving their point because the majority of people can't break the DRM but instead get a version that has already had the DRM removed. "Their point" to reiterate was "Realistically, DRM keeps the majority of users from pirating content". Yet then right here you say "I don't believe that anyone thinks DRM effectively protects content, even the companies employing it." Which is the exact opposite of the point they are making....