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john01dav ◴[] No.43747099[source]
Even with all of this onerous encryption and DRM, it's not hard to find pirated copies of movies. It makes me think that the sacrifice in ownership rights for the theaters over their equipment isn't worth it.
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1. Aurornis ◴[] No.43748460[source]
Pirated copies of theatrical releases at the time of release are much more rare, though.

The value of protecting releases is extremely high in the narrow window of finalizing production and getting it into theaters or online launch platforms.

If there was no DRM and watermarking then these would be pirated constantly before release.