The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
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Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#2Indeed it's not. Its purpose is control and extending copyright law way beyond its indented use by making breaking DRM itself illegal and then slapping DRM on anything that requires that control.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#3It's actually a scheme by pirates to increase the relative worth of their offerings.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#4> The purpose of DRM is to give content providers leverage against creators of playback devices.
That was what they thought it was for.
Turns out it gives the creators of playback devices leverage against content providers, e.g. iOS App Store.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#5Yea looks like DRM is way to make legit consumer life hard by not showing high quality video. But alas if they go to pirate site they can get 4k easily.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#6Isn't the reason for widely used messaging/chat platforms not using open protocols also (roughly) the same?
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#7I also don’t think it’s even necessary to prevent copyright infringement to achieve a goal of effectively steering people towards paid sources.
I often hear arguments that its “easier to pirate movies than use DRM’d software”. But I don’t think this is actually the case for the average non-tech-savvy person. If you can operate a torrent client or even know what one is, you are much savvier than the average Netflix/Roku/etc user.
DRM means that there isn’t a point-and-click app for my mom to send her sister a movie. This is the average person who buys movies. Not some geek on a tech forum.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#8All of that article is wrong.
I used to work in DRM. I implemented, I believe, the first DRM for practically every major and minor record label in Europe and North America. The only reason any of them stated to me that they required DRM was to prevent copyright infringement. Yes, I pointed out the insanity of their solution. The firm I worked for didn't have the muscle of the one that came on our heels (Apple) and managed to temporarily remove DRM from music.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#9All of that article is wrong. I used to work in DRM. I implemented, I believe, the first DRM for practically every major and minor record label in Europe and North America. The only reason any of them stated to me that they required DRM was to prevent copyright infringement. Yes, I pointed out the insanity of their solution. The firm I worked for didn't have the muscle of the one that came on our heels (Apple) and ma…
Stated intent ≠ real intent. I doubt they'll openly admit real crooked reasons behind it. That's besides simple stupidity of some possibly indeed thinking that DRM increases their sales.
Re: The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
#10I also don’t think it’s even necessary to prevent copyright infringement to achieve a goal of effectively steering people towards paid sources. I often hear arguments that its “easier to pirate movies than use DRM’d software”. But I don’t think this is actually the case for the average non-tech-savvy person. If you can operate a torrent client or even know what one is, you are much savvier than the average Netflix/Ro…
If pirate sites were allowed to flourish, they'd surely end up feeling as good as Netflix or better.