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| Authored by: Christian on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 03:47 PM EDT |
| "Show me a DRM system that actually works."
Read Hixie's recent
comments?
Whether DRM works depends on what you think it is supposed to do.
If the point is to stop the availability of illegal copies, it doesn't work. If
the point is to effectively lock most legitimate users into specific hardware
platforms, it works (because they won't bother to avoid the DRM, not because
they can't). [ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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| Authored by: Ronny on Wednesday, March 20 2013 @ 11:07 PM EDT |
DRM, as with most technical means of protecting copyright, is not there
primarily to make copyright violation impossible but to make it too much of a
hassle.
If I have to spend an hour of my time to break the DRM on a file where a legal
licence would cost me five dollars, I would probably either spend the five
dollars or do something else. While the existence of pirate sites breaks this to
some extent, it also introduces additional risk factors (viruses, deliberate
corruption of files, unknown quality.)
The Analog Hole has its own limitations; for video, for example, even if the
video stream is captured at 100% fidelity, recompressing the stream will result
in some reduction in quality.[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]
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