Empirical Study Shows DRM Encourages Infringement 375
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.
Re:DRM is pushing me towards piracy (Score:1, Funny)
I feel like games publishers are pushing me towards pirating their products. I don't want DRM to harm my system, and if the only way I can play a purchased game is to pirate it then how long will it be before I skip the purchasing?
Two Weeks give or take an hour.
Re:It's true! (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's 10 seconds to the wrong people (Score:3, 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...
Re:and the pirates win again (Score:5, 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...