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Everything 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
by dublinben 13y ago
Everything 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....