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Originally Posted by taustin
Does it have to be 100% effective to be useful? No. It only has to generate more additional income that it costs. If we accept the claim that piracy costs billions a year (it doesn't), then DRM that reduces it by 10% (it doesn't) would produce hundreds of millions a year in additional income (it doesn't). If it costs less than that (it does), it's a net gain, and as far as the publishers are concerned, it is useful.
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Good point. And its a better argument than "piracy costs billions a year" because you just can't quantify something something like that. Following your line of thinking, I actually can't think of a reason why a publisher shouldn't employ DRM.
Or maybe by braincells have died from sleep depreciation. I think I'll finish this post later. Will enjoy catching up with new replies (if any!) after I wake up...