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It allows them to access content that they otherwise couldn't.
by stonemetal 13y ago
It allows them to access content that they otherwise couldn't.
- kra3 13y agoIsn't it the bad effect of DRM rather than a benefit!
- jayrox 13y agoDRM is only a hinderance to legit users. Pirates are pirates and DRM isn't something they deal with.
- Karunamon 13y agoUh, no. That's some impressive exec-level doublethink. Content is open by default. DRM is a method by which you prevent people from accessing content.
- stonemetal 13y agoHow so? This guy has a show he won't let me use unless I agree to try and control access. My choices are access with stupid crap like DRM or no access. Sure a third option like free access to everyone everywhere would be great, but that guy won't go for it. Until we can talk that guy in to going for it DRM increases access. Sure it doesn't grant maximal access but access is greater than it is without DRM.
- Karunamon 13y agoThen "this guy" you mention is ignorant of how technology and piracy work and any rational person should push back. DRM is not "necessary" by any possible meaning of the word. It's forced upon people by the ignorant.
- stonemetal 13y agoNecessary in the way that a drivers license and car insurance are necessary to drive.
- Karunamon 13y agoThere is a legitimate need to ensure that people who drive both know how to do so safely and can handle any accidents financially. There is no legitimate need to hamper fair use in the way that DRM does, especially considering that it fails at its goals.
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