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• jungletek commented on Cambridge study: DRM turns users into pirates
  People really struggle with bypassing CSS? Something like DVD Decrypter is free and readily available. I'm surprised that in their searching, they never came upon videohelp.com, as it tends to be my first stop when I have questions about how to do something with video. Perhaps their google-fu is weak......
• Poustman commented on Cambridge study: DRM turns users into pirates
  DRM is folly. But it doesn't turn anyone into anything. People respond to DRM however they choose. As several have posted they responded other than piracy. Certainly DRM encourages people to believe that the legal methods don't work. In such circumstances the temptation to try illegal methods explodes. And many will yield....
• Laroquod commented on Cambridge study: DRM turns users into pirates
  POUSTMAN you make it sound like obeying according to or against the law is an intrinsic human trait rather than simply an accident of where arbitrary remotely-designed and non-naturally-obvious rules happen to intersect our ordinary day-to-day activities. 8)...
• AirPillo commented on Cambridge study: DRM turns users into pirates
  VHS tapes have been known to have forms of DRM built into them, as well. It isn't composed software and isn't particularly sophisticated but it does require special measures to be taken to duplicate the tapes....
• sirpuddingfoot commented on Cambridge study: DRM turns users into pirates
  DRM certainly turns people into pirates. I have a number of friends, and I count myself in the number as well, who have turned to pirating copies of music/tv shows/movies/ etc. as we change the way we interact with digital media. We have moved from VHS to DVD to Blue-Ray/HD-DVD, we have moved from CDs to Digital Purchases. We have have changed operating systems forcing us to either go to great (and legally questionable) lengths to convert our legally acquired [itunes] purchases to more cross-platform friendly formats. We have gone from Hard Copies of our movies on the previously mentioned...