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Old 10-12-2011, 09:21 PM   #143
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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak View Post
And if Joe gets angry enough that he can't do what he fully and completely expected to be able to do (he's among the 90% of users who didn't know of or notice the DRM until now) he will either learn how to strip DRM or get himself a pirate copy of the content, and he may well decide to boycott the legitimate store he bought his music/movie/book from. Publishers today think that's a risk worth taking though.
SF, there is always the risk to the keepers that the inmates will rise up and take control, that the Vandals will storm the gates and climb over the walls.

You are also right that the publishers have manned the walls and stand with their pikes and boiling cauldrons ready.

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