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Originally Posted by tenebrae
This is pure garbage. People will pirate whether works are protected by DRM or not.
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Some people steal cars - yet car companies are still in business.
Some people pirate music - yet CDs are still selling well.
Some people pirate books - yet publishers are still printing them.
Some people will always do the wrong thing. But when most people are doing the "wrong" thing, we need to sit up and look at what is actually wrong.
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Originally Posted by tenebrae
But, in spite of the fact that you could copy the file as many times as you wanted, view it on any computer capable of displaying a pdf file, print as many copies as you like...you'd still call that restrictive.
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Actually, I wouldn't.
The watermark was nothing more than a technological puzzle for someone to solve - and demonstrate how worthless it is.
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Originally Posted by tenebrae
To say that restrictive DRM FORCES people to pirate because they are left no other choice is just plain wrong, and a sad attempt to rationalize the behavior. There are two other choices:
1: Don't buy, and tell the publisher why.
2: By a print edition.
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1. Pirates did. By pirating the work they didn't buy and sent a very strong message why.
2. First rule of business: The customer is always right.
As a customer, I tell the producer what I want, how I want it and at what price. If one producer doesn't want to do that, some other producer will. Producers exist to fill demand - not to create demand or dictate demand.
Your argument sounds similar to the RIAAs which allows them to justify treating all their customers as criminals.
And we all know how well that's working for the RIAA.