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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
A system with more plusses than minuses, but no security, gets taken advantage of. That's why they need some security, to prevent widespread theft. (Try having absolutely no security in a supermarket, and see how much product you'll lose.)
The system with more plusses than minuses provides the incentive to accept DRM, which also allows a less obtrusive DRM to be used and still be effective. So a system with enough plusses to outweigh the minuses (including the DRM minus) can work.
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You as a publisher understandably, though definitely self-servingly, think so.
Many disagree, and it seems to me that there is every reason to believe that your interpretation of the matter will universally fall out of favour in a matter of time.
DRM is a fool's weapon for fighting other fools--but the people that DRM is supposed to fight are the very people who aren't fools enough to be inconvenienced by it.
- Ahi