@mwagner@...
The idea isn't so that pirates have free reign, it's so that the format is interoperable. Companies don't have to reinvent the wheel (though they constantly do) and consumers are protected from a company deciding to dump a product or platform.
And I won't get into it, but DRM is everyone's friend when it's implemented correctly.
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