Tuesday, February 20, 2007

DMR and Piracy

I have been argueing for a long time now that DRM has two different effects: 1) completely piss off users; 2) make users break the law and become pirates.

The following article from Wired, "How To Explain DRM to your Dad", gives a lot of examples that support my thesis. In summary, what usually happens is that after buying legally music, DVDs, ... there is one point in time when you have no choice that break the law to keep enjoying your legally acquired content. In my personal experience, my DVD collection with more than 100 titles that just play in Europe not in US.

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