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Old 09-12-2011, 03:11 PM   #23
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
It will help increase piracy. You just rent the eBooks, strip the DRM and share away. It will cost a lot less to pirate then before.
That argument did not stop the introduction of, and subsequent blossoming of the movie rental business. That argument will fail again, and for the same reason: if the publishing industry can make enough money off ebook rentals, it won't care if it becomes cheaper to pirate its content.
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