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Looks like DRM prevented to watch movies in many theaters yesterday (www.theverge.com)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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When we went to our seats, the wait staff let us know that despite the fact that the previews were playing, we wouldn’t know until the movie actually started whether we could see the film or not. If it didn’t work, the screen would just turn black. Luckily, the film went through without a hitch.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 10 months ago (1 children)

DRM but over the air, consumers hate it, investors love it, it'll make everything worse, it's the future!

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Do investors really love it? Is there anyone as stupid as the group-think whole that believes that will stop even one act of piracy?

All these idiotic measures have clearly driven more people to piracy...

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago

I doubt the investors are smart enough to understand the technology behind it. All they probably hear and fully understand is the part where they can potentially make more money in the long run.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago

Money people are literally too stupid to understand anything other than line go up or line go down. They were told line would go up if DRM, so that's what they want.