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Originally Posted by dorino
A ____ that prevents piracy isn't possible.
The blank could really be anything you want, unfortunately.
Wish publishers, distributors, developers, authors, producers, and everyone else on the money-end of the deals would realize this. |
100% true. The only thing they can do is try to reduce piracy, and DRM doesn't do that. Pirates tend to be tech savvy and have no problems stripping DRM. So all it does is inconvenience legitimate users--especially those who lack the tech literacy to keep up with stripping DRM, shifting formats etc.
As we move further into the era of digital media the real key will be finding ways to crack down on people who illegally upload and distribute copyrighted material? How? Beats me. But it needs to happen.
Else we'll eventually end up decades down the road (when the tech is there and available globally) where people pay for access to media stored on the cloud and never actually own a file or physical copy of books, movies, music etc.