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Originally Posted by Catlady
The honest passerby isn't going to wander in and take stuff, regardless, and doesn't have the right to, whether or not there's a lock.
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There are centuries of crime statistics that suggest otherwise. There are people who are never going to steal anything, ever, under any circumstances. And there are people who are never going to do an honest day's work in their lives, ever, under any circumstances. And there are a lot more in the middle, who will not pass up a crime of opportunity if they get the chance, with infinite shades of gray along the way. Some will steal small things if they know they won't get caught - who hasn't swiped a pen or pad of Post-Its from work? - but would turn a wallet found on the street in to the police. And others who would turn in the wallet (and credit cards) after taking all the cash out of it, and claim they found it that way. And others who would keep the wallet, use the credit cards, and use the driver's license to write bad checks.
Human behavior is a continuous spectrum, not a binary equation. Everybody has some slight trace of dishonesty in them, and everybody has some trace of nobility and altruism in them. That's human nature.
The aim of DRM isn't to stop all piracy, it's to reduce it. Reducing it even a small amount can involved big dollars. That reducing piracy isn't the same thing as increasing sales is a point missed by a lot of publishers, but their logic is internally consistent, even if it is beside the point.