<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra">Now-free scheme like in Apple AppStore would certainly diminish the piracy scale - it's a great think and I think it should be available for devs.<br clear="all"></div><div class="gmail_extra">
<div><div>--</div>Marcin<br></div>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2013/11/8 Attila Csipa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:qt@csipa.in.rs" target="_blank">qt@csipa.in.rs</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">On 07-Nov-13 13:42, Michal Jerz wrote:<br>
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So it's like with door locks. Despite none of them being 100% proof to<br>
unauthorized opening, somehow people continue to use them in their doors<br>
rather than just having doors without any locks only because they're not<br>
100% secure. They at least REDUCE abuse.<br>
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Without serious research, I will contest that as wishful thinking. Some people will argue that the monetary outcome of piracy is actually POSITIVE, because the benefit of the larger userbase outweighs the (questionable-sized) drop in "legal" sales (would all those who would take a free beer maybe rather NOT have a beer than PAY for it?). The effect of torrents on Netflix and the TV/movie industry holds a LOT of learnings in this area.<br>
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Personally, I think copy-protection schemes have nothing to do with piracy or those who pirate. They are actually born out of the need to be able to project a message to developers that their work is somehow safe(r) and (more) protected - playing on the positive sense of control (even if it actually is detrimental to the business-perspective).<br>
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If existing stores are anything to go by, the *ease* of how easily one can legally get to your content (at the micro-pricing levels) will, in effect, dwarf the impact of any DRM scheme.<br>
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Best regards,<br>
Attila<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br>
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