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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I agree, but a lot of those "problems" with the current DRM schemes are intentional. IMO, you're being naive if you believe that the elimination of a digital "used" market was an accident by the content industry.
I don't see the content industry willingly adopting a system that allows for more fair use, when everything they have been doing up until now has been geared towards removing fair use.
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I don't see the content industry willingly adopting a system that will put their content online in a digital form...
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
That's not exactly how I understood it to work. My interpretation was more along the lines of:
DPP: You can make as many copies as you want and can read it on as many devices as you want, but anybody with a copy has the ability to permanently disable your access. So, you are (theoretically) motivated to only "share" it with people that you know/trust.
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You only "share" it with people you trust because people might not give back the key to you (aka "move it to their own private store from the "shared store"). At least, that's how I read it...
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Originally Posted by ahi
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I completely agree that any DRM scheme is bound to fail. And is also bound to cause harm to the industry and create frustration amongst the innocent buyers.