Just an update: DRM will as stated no stop piracy but encourage it. Honest hardworking consumers that would otherwise be willing to pay for the content will according to RIAA and MPAA be classified as pirates for getting content free -- but their reason for doing so is it is not offered for sale without DRM. You can get it free without DRM or pay and get DRM included. Copy protection technology will lure more people to p2p networks and become users of free filesharing networks to download and share content freely without DRM limitations. The content companies will lose potential sales -- not literally its not like the physical product was stolen or a copy thereof exactly which still has to be accounted for -- but such users would otherwise pay for the content to acquire it. Acquisition without payment or payment that does not reach the content company is considered a form of piracy. When consumers can access and acquire content for free why pay for the commercially distributed version. Just like free software with open source why pay for commercial software -- of course open source is still legit -- most free music download services and video download services that offer content for free have some legal issues.
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Just an update: DRM will as stated no stop piracy but encourage it. Honest hardworking consumers that would otherwise be willing to pay for the content will according to RIAA and MPAA be classified as pirates for getting content free -- but their reason for doing so is it is not offered for sale without DRM. You can get it free without DRM or pay and get DRM included. Copy protection technology will lure more people to p2p networks and become users of free filesharing networks to download and share content freely without DRM limitations. The content companies will lose potential sales -- not literally its not like the physical product was stolen or a copy thereof exactly which still has to be accounted for -- but such users would otherwise pay for the content to acquire it. Acquisition without payment or payment that does not reach the content company is considered a form of piracy. When consumers can access and acquire content for free why pay for the commercially distributed version. Just like free software with open source why pay for commercial software -- of course open source is still legit -- most free music download services and video download services that offer content for free have some legal issues.