David_Gerard comments on Against easy superintelligence: the unforeseen friction argument - Less Wrong

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Comment author: David_Gerard 12 July 2013 07:02:43AM *  3 points [-]

They're deploying it because the content companies demanded it. This is why, e.g., the iTunes Store started with DRM and dropped it as soon as possible.

Your cited paper takes as an assumption that DRM works, and so is not evidence that DRM works.

You still haven't provided the requested numbers.