DRM doesn't stop you from playing pirated content, the goal is to make the content only decryptable using approved hardware/software, to limit people's ability to copy and paste content Willy nilly and share with their friends in Napster fashion. The determined people still stealing content never will be stopped, but it's inconvenient enough that average people aren't going to duplicate DRM-laden stuff themselves.
Importantly, I think, when there's a higher barrier to content theft, the remaining sources of pirated content are fewer and easier to track.
> Importantly, I think, when there's a higher barrier to content theft, the remaining sources of pirated content are fewer and easier to track.
Except DRM on end-user devices is done with security by obscurity and it's never ever worked for media. And never will.
So there is so many sources of pirated content that attempts to track of stop them never succeeded. Fortunately NSA and other government spying organizations can still have their backdoor because "Hollywood needs DRM" bullshit.
Importantly, I think, when there's a higher barrier to content theft, the remaining sources of pirated content are fewer and easier to track.