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Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement
Hucko writes "Ars Technica has a story about a study by Cambridge law professor Patricia Akester that suggests (declares?) that DRM and its ilk does persuade citizens to infringe copyright and circumvent authors' protections. The name of the study is 'Technological accommodation of conflicts between freedom of expression and DRM: the first empirical assessment.'" The study itself is available for download (PDF); there's also a distillation here.
I feel like games publishers are pushing me towards pirating their products. I don't want DRM to harm my system, and if the only way I can play a purchased game is to pirate it then how long will it be before I skip the purchasing?
Two Weeks give or take an hour.
Don't forget risk. You get more Trojans from legitimate software these days. Just ask Sony.
And 10 seconds to the five year old who wants Spongebob Squarepants NOW!!!! IS a big deal.
Great. It is preparation for their future - get used to taking a big bite out of the shit sandwich now son...
"But this one goes to 11!"
"Even NASA fell in the DRM trap."
Orbiting people have their own problems.
Now we're in region 1. Now region 2, region 3, 4 5...