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<blockquote data-quote="Travace" data-source="post: 98317" data-attributes="member: 111">even still james... those people would never have went and spent 1$ anyway. but now that its gone viral they might go to a concert or actually buy it so they can easily put it on their ipod or whatever. Ohh wait i am sorry im wrong about that one .. DRM doesnt actually protect anything... another reason why illegal downloading is so popular. Companys spend big bucks programming and developing DRM features that are supposed to make things legit and harder for illegal DL. But really all it does is punish the people who DO buy the product and reward the ones who dont. here is a article on gaming and DRM.&nbsp;bear with me cause it is a gaming article but its very relevant as games are one of the biggest pirated medias out there.<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/05/18/the-truth-is-it-doesnt-work-cd-projekt-on-drm/" target="_blank">http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/05/18/the-truth-is-it-doesnt-work-cd-projekt-on-drm/</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;before steam came around i use to pirate lots of games.&nbsp; Hate me or love me but here is why.&nbsp; Im a huge gamer and i use to spend lots of my extra cash on games. then get em and they are total shit. dont work right or whatever making me feel very ripped off for my 60 bucks i just spend so i stopped buying games. then i found Warez or what we liked to call the &quot;store&quot; and i would DL the game and try it out. Of course when you do that you dont get all the options of the game cause its hacked or cracked.&nbsp; if the game was good i would then go purchase it.&nbsp; if i never Tried before i buy i wold have never bought the game in the first place.&nbsp; Now a days with apps like steam for games i can dl a demo (xbox as well) which makes it so i dont have to go pirate anymore.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Travace, post: 98317, member: 111"] even still james... those people would never have went and spent 1$ anyway. but now that its gone viral they might go to a concert or actually buy it so they can easily put it on their ipod or whatever. Ohh wait i am sorry im wrong about that one .. DRM doesnt actually protect anything... another reason why illegal downloading is so popular. Companys spend big bucks programming and developing DRM features that are supposed to make things legit and harder for illegal DL. But really all it does is punish the people who DO buy the product and reward the ones who dont. here is a article on gaming and DRM. bear with me cause it is a gaming article but its very relevant as games are one of the biggest pirated medias out there. [URL]http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielnyegriffiths/2012/05/18/the-truth-is-it-doesnt-work-cd-projekt-on-drm/[/URL] before steam came around i use to pirate lots of games. Hate me or love me but here is why. Im a huge gamer and i use to spend lots of my extra cash on games. then get em and they are total shit. dont work right or whatever making me feel very ripped off for my 60 bucks i just spend so i stopped buying games. then i found Warez or what we liked to call the "store" and i would DL the game and try it out. Of course when you do that you dont get all the options of the game cause its hacked or cracked. if the game was good i would then go purchase it. if i never Tried before i buy i wold have never bought the game in the first place. Now a days with apps like steam for games i can dl a demo (xbox as well) which makes it so i dont have to go pirate anymore. [/QUOTE]

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