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by IshKebab 3598 days ago
A) Everything is on bittorrent anyway

B) Music download sites removed their DRM and they're doing fine, last I checked

I heard an argument that it isn't about stopping piracy; it's about controlling legitimate distribution, e.g. so they can charge Samsung for putting Netflix on their TVs. No idea if that is true but it certainly sounds plausible.