That wasn't DRM. That change has two causes
1) Very well publicised prosecutions by the RIAA
2) Legal downloads that were easy to use, reasonably priced, and with a wide selection.
DRM on music or books has no effect on their availability on the 'darknet'. Music gets ripped from CD-ROMs, and books get scanned and OCRed from paper copies.
DRM does nothing to prevent copying on a mass scale. It just inconveniences the people who actually pay for content.
Paul
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Originally Posted by digitalzen
I think it has actually stopped a lot of college aged downloaders. Where as Kazaa was huge a few years ago among my peers, most are using iTunes now.
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