Arguing piracy as an acceptable alternative because DRM is so poorly implemented seems intellectually dishonest. If a new method of "protecting" software that was completely invisible to the licensed user arrived tomorrow, I suspect that there would be very little if any drop in piracy. Those that pirate software now would more than likely continue. It does seem logical however, that good old capitalism could provide an answer. If the software companies would provide their goods at a more attractive price piracy would drop. If they make the price attractive enough so that it would be much less hassle to simply buy the software than to pirate it the result would be many more copies sold. Selling 3 copies at $20 a copy will always beat 1 copy at $40.
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Arguing piracy as an acceptable alternative because DRM is so poorly implemented seems intellectually dishonest. If a new method of "protecting" software that was completely invisible to the licensed user arrived tomorrow, I suspect that there would be very little if any drop in piracy. Those that pirate software now would more than likely continue. It does seem logical however, that good old capitalism could provide an answer. If the software companies would provide their goods at a more attractive price piracy would drop. If they make the price attractive enough so that it would be much less hassle to simply buy the software than to pirate it the result would be many more copies sold. Selling 3 copies at $20 a copy will always beat 1 copy at $40.