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Originally posted by Undertoad
What if sales of the CD are tracked independently of returns? RIAA could use the sales numbers as evidence that copy-prevention works.
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The RIAA would be fooling themselves. They might want to preach this to the public about how no one dislikes copy protection - it's all copacetic, etc. But the fact of the matter is, they'd be shooting themselves in the foot if they ignored the numbers. Suppose that copy protection really <b>does</b> piss people off. Say 50% of all purchased CDs are returned (I know this is way high, but let's ignore that for the sake of the argument). Say the CD sells 1 million copies. Well, now 500,000 CDs are returned 'cause they're suffering from DRM. Maybe the RIAA washes their hands of them, saying "hey, we showed you that DRM works and is no big deal, so we're not paying for returns." Well, then the chains like Best Buy, etc go "fuck Vivendi! We're not selling their shit any more" and then refuse to stock it because it means that they'll lose money. So, now the RIAA companies don't sell as many copies and lose money.