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Originally Posted by Sweetpea
Ohh, I watch DRM-free then as I don't have that black box... (at least, not on all our TV's)
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We used to, as well... until we switched to a new service that required control boxes. Which means, yes, tighter restrictions.
On the other hand, it also means pay-per-view, movies on demand, a clearer picture, more channels, and reduced overall communications utility bills throughout my house. Overall, I'd say the pluses outweigh the minuses handily.
That's really all DRM needs to work: A service that requires more plusses than minuses. Right now, the e-book industry cannot make that claim, and that's why their customers are so upset about DRM. They either have to make e-books (and the process of getting them) more value-added, to compensate for DRM... or leave it as-is and drop the DRM, because it doesn't merit the service.
But as I said before, the former is not impossible.