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> DRM period isn't a waste of money. DRM as it's commonly practiced is.

Not necessarily disagreeing, but DRM would always be a waste of money if it wasn't for the anti-circumvention laws that prevent disseminating DRM work-arounds.

The law serves to raise the bar on just how annoying DRM has to be before most people are willing to work around it.



Not necessarily disagreeing

Actually, part of my point is that DRM doesn't have to be very annoying at all. It's just that most companies are short sighted in how they apply it, which is foolish. Those companies are annoying their best customers the most.




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