[daemoon]

This is not even an option, since it will just make it easier to share files illegally and defeat the whole purpose of having an online movie store.

[Oddskar]

I disagree. Piracy was and still is very much a service problem. Just because people would have access to DRM-free movies does not mean they would automatically fire up bittorrent and start trading torrent files with their friends. That's still far too inconvenient.

I have lots of DRM-free games on GOG for instance. So do people I know. We've never had a single thought about pirating these. We're grown ups, we don't have time for that kind of thing.

[chii]

it was already easy to obtain that very song or movie illegally.

Allowing a download doesn't _cause_ more piracy - it just makes the user have more power and control over their content they purchased.

[dawnerd]

This line of reasoning is why we have invasive drm that doesn’t work. It’s just another case of drm only hurting legitimate customers and not stopping piracy even in the slightest.