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The amount of people buying off-region DVDs is awfully low. There are a thousand betters reasons to reject DRM such as not owning your product anymore ("That iT
by pikzen 11y ago
The amount of people buying off-region DVDs is awfully low. There are a thousand betters reasons to reject DRM such as not owning your product anymore ("That iTunes music ? Yeah, they can revoke your access at any time.").
- npinguy 11y agoThe ability to do something does not hold any weight with the people you're trying to convince. "Oh sure, Apple can revoke my access time, but they never would!" It's the same thing as "Oh I'm sure the government COULD access all my data, but why would they want to?" Region-locking affects more people than you might think, just not with DVDs anymore. Most of the world using reddit/hackernews/the internet is constantly faced with the frustration of clicking on a youtube link and seeing the copyright notice that says the content is restricted to US-only.
- byuu 11y agoThe US gets that, too. We get it a bit less because so much is produced here; but I've definitely had my share of "Sorry, the owner of this video has not made it available in your region" notices. It would be nice if it told me which regions were allowed, so I knew which VPN I should use :P
- SaberUK 11y agoMost music bought from iTunes has been DRM free for many years. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7813527.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7813527.stm