[zioncat (Unverified) Posted Jul 7th 2009 8:45PM]

Best headline I've seen all week.

[Wes (Unverified) Posted Jul 8th 2009 3:54AM]

Agreed Zioncat. Sadly, there's a studio executive out there somewhere reading this same headline and thinking to themselves, "now, how can we make one lawsuit for 14 billion cases of privacy against the entire world's population?". If we can get just $200,000.00 awarded under copyright infringement protection act like that poor lady who downloaded 1 albumn from the internet, why we'd have ALL THE MONEY IN THE ENTIRE WORLD!! MWHAHAHA!!! I knew DRM WOULD MAKE US ALL STINKING RICH!"

[Posted Jul 8th 2009 5:57AM]

Wait wait wait...
"most people are opting to obtain content illegally BECAUSE of the ridiculous DRM on digital downloads"

Does the report really assert that it's the DRM which causes people to break the law? I don't see that stated anywhere in the read link...only that 'failing to improve the user experience of DRM might increase illegal download rates.'

I do despise DRM (and the implication that customers are criminals), but it often seems that people just use it as an excuse to justify their behaviour...behaviour which does in fact make them criminals. I would guess that a significant number of those illegal downloaders simply don't want to pay for the content, while another significant number just can't be bothered with the perceived hassle of obtaining media through official channels.

[Posted Jul 8th 2009 8:24AM]

jgpuff, without a doubt the 'DRM is making us download illegal' is just another pathetic excuse for the most part. Sort of like PSPs and the 'Im hacking it for the homebrews' and fansubs and the 'well it aint coming out over here' lines. The current generation of people no longer vote with their pocketbooks, they pickpocket their way through and pretend they're some kind of self-serving Robin Hood.

[Posted Jul 8th 2009 9:15AM]

i think there isn't enough DRM yet. they should add it to other every day items. like office supplies. drm protected paper clips and rubber bands

[Posted Jul 8th 2009 9:41AM]

I want it on my cereal. It would stop my flatmate eating it.