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Originally Posted by HarryT
The problem with digital media is that one "lends" the friend a copy while retaining the original.
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It is only a problem if you insist on retaining the traditional publishing structure. As I mentioned on a previous post, for other business models it could be an opportunity rather than a problem.
One thing is certain: infinite, perfect reproducibility is part of the
nature of this medium. DRM is an unnatural imposition designed to introduce artificial restrictions in an attempt to simulate the pbook-based distribution model.