The purpose of DRM is not to prevent copyright violations (2013)
&gt;&gt; The purpose of DRM is to give content providers leverage against creators of playback devices.<p>This is a good spot to place the pin.<p>The &quot;theological&quot; view is that (1) copyright is a moral right. (2) The Law just protects right against wrong, and(3) economic side effects of laws are incidental.<p>Real life is a lot less naive, so to speak. The commercial intellectual property concerns at stake are are record labels, apps, stores&#x2F;distributors, large music &amp; film portfolios and such. These exist, don&#x27;t exist, have huge potential or not depending largely on the IP&#x2F;DRM legislation and enforcement environment.<p>DRM is, IMO, an industrial policy. It gives shape and dimension to the music &amp; film industry. Negotiating the leverage party type X has over Y is always a key feature of such policies.