> Is Netflix an outdated business model? Because it's not possible without DRM. [citation needed] > Is any sort of video rental or subscription model outdate

> Is Netflix an outdated business model? Because it's not possible without DRM. [citation needed] > Is any sort of video rental or subscription model outdated? I’m not sure why you’re asking me that, I never said that. > And why is it outdated? Because DRM does exactly nothing to prevent piracy, and hurts users. > DRM may not be able to provide 100% ironclad copy protection, but it provides roughly the same level of copy protection that video rental has before, probably better if you're comparing to VHS or DVD. And how much copy protection is that? Here’s a fun experiment: go on The Pirate Bay and search for Orange is the New Black, then tell me how effective you think DRM is. Piracy is far easier now than it was in the VHS or DVD eras. In the VHS or DVD eras you at least had to have some access to a controlled version of the content in order to copy it. Now you can go on a torrent site and search for something you’ve never heard of and people you’ll never meet will serve it to you for free. So no, DRM does not provide roughly the same level of copy protection as video rental.