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Originally Posted by JohnClif
Those who are against DRM have yet to answer how they would ensure that authors/publishers get compensated fairly without it. And, 'fairly' means they get paid according to their terms, not yours. The customer's choice is to buy or not buy, not rip off the author/publisher because they disagree with the price.
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This shows the big misunderstanding about drm. How does drm ensures that authors/publishers get compensated fairly?? Sell something reasonably popular or with a cult following and with all drm in the world (and for that matter without doing an e-version) it is going to find its way on the net quite fast.
Sell something obscure and drm or not it does not matter, most likely nobody is going to bother uploading it or reading it for that matter.
To me the crux of the matter is not drm, but how the money will come with e-content, and I agree that it is a tricky issue, with no clear answers right now.