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Originally Posted by delphidb96
The BIGGER problem for most new authors is NOT being 'pirated' but just getting enough exposure to bring in paying customers.
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In fact, some of us are explicitly going out of our way to exploit the piracy in lieu of a large marketing team.
As for the DRM itself, I don't know of any scheme that has lasted more than a couple of years without being neutralised. That said a lot of people just don't understand or even know what DRM is - usually not until something goes wrong with the authentication server or the company closes down.
For us, the compromise we came up with is the individualised watermarking system. No one loses access to their rightfully owned books then. Though I wouldn't consider it DRM.
The trouble I think with DRM, or rather the reason it exists despite probably the corp heads knowing it's a failed task, is that they have to show that they're attempting to protect profits as obligation to the shareholder. They probably also are trying to assure
some content generators (authors) that their hard work is protected - though I'm speculating on that one.
Paul.
