On Fri, 2007-06-15 at 10:15 +0100, Richard Lockwood wrote: > > I think - as do many others, it seems - that people pirate because they want > > interoperability, convenience of consumption on their own terms, and the > > quality is often better to boot. > > Yes, yes, and yes. Don't forget though, that a lot of people pirate > because they want the convenience of not having to pay for something > they want.
That's a different kind of 'convenience'. A kind which DRM doesn't actually manage to prevent, if people are determined enough -- which history shows us they are. -- dwmw2 - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/backstage@lists.bbc.co.uk/