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> If movie studios and netflixed released their mp4s, with no DRM or copyright protections, then everyone, including my non-tech savvy mother would just go to the widely available resources found on Google, and just 'watch it for free'.

What is stopping them right now? All that content is already available on piracy sites. Clearly your model of human behavior is laughably incorrect.




"What is stopping them right now?"

Pirated video in any decent format are not easily findable on Google at any given moment; the DRM+IP controls etc. are doing their job.

Clearly your understanding of reality is 'laughable incorrect'.

The very fact that Avengers can make a billion dollars post-release is evidence that the overall IP controls are working on some level.

HN'ers need to grasp some reality breakfast on this issue.




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