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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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That sounds to me more like they just decided to start paying for their stuff. I don't see how DRM would've convinced them to change. Maybe they perceive the issue differently now that they're out in the work world or maybe they just have the money now, but if they were used to non-DRMed content I don't see how we can credit the change to DRM. I doubt it was so alluring that they had to come over and experience that great Apple DRM. Not like it adds anything to your experience. It only detracts. Maybe if they switched because they could no longer find the stuff they wanted, but it's not like the pirate sites are suffering for lack of content. The stated purpose of DRM is to prevent uploading but it doesn't seem to be making much of a dent.