Thread: Are there any studies PROVING that DRM works?
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Old 09-20-2010, 06:23 AM   #30
WT Sharpe
Bah, humbug!
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Originally Posted by Worldwalker View Post
Whose legitimate ebook presence is zero. I'd bet if you checked the darknet, you'd find plenty of Perry Mason books, just like you can find plenty of Harry Potter books.

And that's why DRM doesn't do what the publishers claim it does. It doesn't stop people who want pirated books from getting them. It never will, because in order to be used, a book has to be displayed, and even if they block screenshots, there are cameras. All DRM does is drive otherwise legitimate readers into the ranks of the pirates in order to get what they want (or, in all too many cases, what they're paying for). I don't think publishers are too stupid to know this. The other thing they know, however, the part they won't tell people, is that DRM enforces device lock-in. If you buy a Kindle, you have to buy more Kindles; you can't go buy a Sony instead, at least not unless you want to throw out (or de-DRM) all your books. And that is exactly what Amazon wants. That's what every device vendor with an ebook store wants. DRM isn't about preventing piracy; it's obvious that doesn't work. It's about device lock-in, and that's not a good thing for us readers.

As for the "6 device" thing ... someone please confirm either way on this: I've heard that it's 6 devices EVER -- that is, if you authorize a Kindle 1, Kindle 2 ... Kindle 6 (when that day comes), and de-authorize all 6 of them, you still have to throw your books away because you won't be able to authorize a Kindle 7, as you've used up your 6 authorizations. That is, de-authorizing a device doesn't "put one back in the box". Is this the case?
I would eventually buy all the Mason books if they were available, and I'd bet I'm not alone.
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