Democracy in Media: Why Intrusive FCC & DRM Will Actually Be Good For Consumers Hollywood adopts more digital product because they feel safe with DRM. More “safe” digital product makes more consumers accept digital product and digital delivery vs. traditional ways to buy and consume media. Once digital conent and it’s delivery receive mass acceptance, customers retaliate and the backlash as a larger part of the population opens up the digital meda.
I’m not sure that I buy the argument as justification for why the broadcast flag is a good thing, but A. Rowland has an interesting way of looking at it.