Does open source software reduce your pirating
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| Well the results were typically inconclusive. 51.8% agreed
| saying it had reduced their piracy urges, with 48.2% disagreeing.
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http://www.seopher.com/articles/does_open_source_software_reduce_your_pirating
Meanwhile, DRM (proprietary at its worst) has the opposite effect.
MPAA: Frustrated Consumers Will Pirate
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| The MPAA's Brad Hunt outlined some of the ways the MPAA is working
| to standardize content protection controls in the age of digital
| home networking. But he also acknowledged that piracy is the
| consumer's answer to the content industry's inability to provide
| a simple digital-rights-management solution.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20061016/tc_zd/191502
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