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Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement

Posted by timothy on from the next-week-how-gravity-lures-skiers-to-mountains dept.

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.

3 of 375 comments (clear)

  1. Re:It's true! by houstonbofh · · Score: 2, Funny

    Don't forget risk. You get more Trojans from legitimate software these days. Just ask Sony.

  2. Re:It's 10 seconds to the wrong people by Mister+Whirly · · Score: 2, Funny

    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...

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    "But this one goes to 11!"
  3. Re:and the pirates win again by nospam007 · · Score: 4, Funny

    "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...