[uncomputation]

Faulty analogy. The lack of DRM would not hamper my enjoyment of the media, as the lack of anti-cheating ware would hamper my enjoyment of a shared game. Put simply, DRM is about protecting the creator, anti-cheat is about protecting the consumer.

FWIW, I pay for nearly all the streaming apps and still get the file itself through ${other means} because I want it for offline viewing/future viewing etc just like we used to be able to with DVDs. If the streaming provider provided this file, I wouldn’t need to resort to these other means and they wouldn’t lose a customer who now already has to have an alternate pathway to get a soft copy of the file.

[CharlieDigital]

> The lack of DRM would not hamper my enjoyment of the media

Sure it would!

Without DRM, there would be no digital distribution the way we know it today.

[EMIRELADERO]

But that's because the executives feel like it wouldn't, not because it actually wouldn't. Media gets torrented on launch day.

[account42]

> Without DRM, there would be no digital distribution the way we know it today.

That's the point. We want digital content without DRM that is not locked to players approved by the distributor.

[CharlieDigital]

Genuinely curious how this could be feasible without DRM to protect the rights and IP of the content creators and studios that invest in the content.

Is there a scheme that you would propose that solves this problem?

[account42]

You don't need any "scheme". DRM-free already works for the music industry. Most people don't mind paying for content if they have reasonable options for doing so.