@XaiaX @wirehead2501 at a guess i'd say it averages out at -2% effective. every time DRM prevents legit playback, a pirate gets his wings.
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@XaiaX@wirehead2501 if DRM were 100% effective, what percentage of pirated media purchased in China do you think would convert to legit?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime@wirehead2501 more than 0%? But they bootleg literally everything over there. There’s a fake Apple *STORE*.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@wirehead2501 yeah, i saw. pretty amazing. i'm not sure what it demonstrates other than the basic futility of DRM.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @chaosprime
@chaosprime@wirehead2501 that if we tolerate a culture where piracy is casually disregarded we end up with melamine in our milk.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @XaiaX
@XaiaX@wirehead2501 hmm. that slope would have to be coated in fullerenes to be that slippery, but integrity as a value is important, yeah.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@XaiaX@wirehead2501 i guess i'm just unimpressed at destroying shareholder value to create the illusion of preserving shareholder value.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@XaiaX@wirehead2501 that's the fault of the tort system, though, not the media corporations.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@chaosprime@wirehead2501 Maybe. I think some of them are true believers. How else would we get CD + Tape dual “value” packs?1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@XaiaX @wirehead2501 oh, yeah, sure, they'd have to be, given that the state of affairs i've outlined is an unsayable, legally.
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