In my experience, the anti-infringement measures make life difficult for casual users. Take for example non-redbook compliant audio CDs; where the average user can't play back on their PC, but the pirates, against which the technology is apparantly targeted, are tech savvy enough to work around such things.
My question would be whether in the line of investigation, such anti-infringement mechanisms are seen more of a hinderance to the user, and less of a hinderance to the pirate.
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In my experience, the anti-infringement measures make life difficult for casual users. Take for example non-redbook compliant audio CDs; where the average user can't play back on their PC, but the pirates, against which the technology is apparantly targeted, are tech savvy enough to work around such things.
My question would be whether in the line of investigation, such anti-infringement mechanisms are seen more of a hinderance to the user, and less of a hinderance to the pirate.