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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
In other words, I expect DRM to be dumped in time, and eventually usurped by another document security system that can be applied to digital products like ebooks, which will actually work.
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Meh, that's unlikely. If it's digital, it can be hacked, period. The only DRM that would work is DRM that is *NOT* anti-consumer. And that's the problem, anything pro-corporation (which is what DRM is. They're not protecting the author/artist's right, but rather their own corporate interests to the detriment of all) is by nature anti-consumer. The only DRM system that would work would be on that's pro-consumer, as it'd be the only thing end users would accept, and that nobody would try to crack, because there would be no need to. Until then, it'll all be one form or another of DRM.