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Originally Posted by Boston
While you may not mean it, I really didn't appreciate the tone of your response.
It sounds like an attack of what you perceive to be my values and promotion of yours.
To being with, you misquoted me in your attack...I said "tempted", I didn't say "would"..all I was trying to to point out is that drm is a deterrent for many. For example, I know many people who occasionally share mp3s with friends...because the lack of drm doesn't make them think twice that what they may be doing is wrong. I'll ask how they like something and the response is "I can make you a copy". (And for the record, I still buy my music).
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I'd like to respond to your assumption, some of which I agree with, if I may.
It's within the generational shift that your point makes most sense to me. Those brought up in a world pre-filesharing, or on the cusp, were grounded in the scarcity of product. I grew up in this time frame and because of it I kept with me the notion of scarcity for a long time. I would wait months, even years for books, music and movies to become available in their respective formats. I spent countless thousands on CD's transitioning from Vinyl to CD, same for VHS to DVD and there is still within me the nagging doubt that when I download something for free (no matter if I bought it countless times before in other formats) that I'm cheating someone somewhere.
The new generation have no concept of this. Brought up on the internet, their very notion of ownership has changed. They not only share music and movies, but their lives. Facebook, Myspace, Bebo and all the rest have opened up this generation like no other. DRM to them would be as laughable to my generation when they were told not to tape television shows and keep them. I know this from my young nephews. There isn't a second thought in their head when they download a song or send it across bluetooth to a friend. It has no 'intrinsic value' as a physical product might have.
This generation and the generations to follow will look upon these dark days of DRM as laughable. They'll be downloading music, movies and books without any payment, restriction or a second thought about legality. There will be no guilt in their minds and there is no way to stop it.