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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Really, both sides are to blame. Yes, it is human nature to take something for free if you are allowed to do so. That's why the darknet is still popular.
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Plus the darknet has better products that work regardless of the device they are transferred to.
Better products at zero price or DRM-crippled products at a price?
Plus you can't even legally buy a lot of ebooks freely available on the darknet (Harry Potter, et. al).
I'm not defending piracy, but categorising all pirates as motivated only by cost is missing a lot of the point.
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One of those other models may very well function perfectly well without DRM, or with a DRM that is considered unobtrusive to customers.
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DRM and 'obtrusive to customers' go hand in hand though, and of course
DRM doesn't prevent piracy anyway.
If they come up with a DRM scheme that lets me use DRMed media as if it were not DRMed then they will have a winner. But of course such a scheme would be pointless as it wouldn't prevent copying and sharing (not that any DRM scheme effectively does this anyway...)
A quick story on how DRM costs the industry:
A month or two ago I heard about a book on a podcast. A book about bananas. The author was talking about it. It sounded amazingly interesting, and I decided on the drive home as I listened that I would buy the book. It would be one of the first purchases for my new ebook reader.
I got home and almost immediately went online. I couldn't find the book in a DRM-free format. I actually emailed the author and enquired a few days later if there was a DRM-free version available. He replied that the publisher decided on such issues and said something about them being 'draconian' or something.
I thought 'what the hell?' Since the author was kind enough to respond I decided I'd buy a paper copy from the shop. (I couldn't buy a DRMed copy from the Sony store if I had wanted to either because I do not reside in the US). The book is not published in my country so I couldn't find it in a bookshop. By this time it was a couple of weeks since hearing about the book and I lost interest.
Twice I tried to buy a legal copy of that book.
Twice I failed due to publishers suppressing technology.
I have so many things fighting for my money I'd rather spend it on products that meet my needs, not the manufacturer's needs.