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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I'm still waiting for somebody to list one.
Are you kidding? Every media industry that has tried to push DRM has run into mule-stubborn customers that refuse to accept it.
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I already have, more than once: The cable/satellite TV industry uses a DRM system (it's that little black box on your TV) to control their content. That box gives you access to some things, while restricting you from others, and making you pay for additional content (pay-per-view). They offer a lot of quality programming, which they use as a lever to convince you not to share your cable signal with your next-door neighbor.
And by and large, all those "mule-stubborn" customers have largely accepted this and either pay their bill and watch, or cut the service and go without.
As I said, it's not impossible to find a workable middle ground. It's also not within reason to expect people who don't like the service to simply do without, as opposed to stealing the content from another source just because the door's unlocked.