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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
Remember, it doesn't have to be 100% perfect.
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That rather depends on what you want to protect against. If you want to stop your content appearing on the internet for anyone to download, in a torrent or otherwise, you need it to be 100%.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
It only has to make it more trouble than it is worth to break, for the majority of people (IOW, easier to just buy).
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I believe this might be at the root of your misunderstanding. When we talk about DRM schemes having been 'broken', we don't mean that the encryption can be removed by anyone. It can still only be removed by the person in possession of the key to the encryption - i.e. the person who bought the content in the first place.
It is because the person who bought the content /must/ also have the key to the encryption that DRM can never be effective for the purpose of preventing the content ever appearing in torrents.
What it can do is prevent people from using their content as they wish (unless they remove it). DRM only inconveniences people who have actually bought the content.
For those not willing or unable to remove the DRM, and who don't download a cracked copy, it may well stop them reading their content in the future, and it may well stop them recommending it to friends. "I've just read this great new book" "Can you loan it to me" "No, it's an ebook with DRM".
Inconveniencing customers and limiting word of mouth recommendations. Yes, DRM has a lot going for it. :-)