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Originally Posted by boxcorner
I get the impression that, apart from a few law-abiding people like the OP, many, if not most, people strip the DRM from books that they buy.
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I don't think so, actually. I'm quite certain it's only a minority that does it, for various good (like, device shifting) and nefarious reasons.
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Given that DRM stripping isn't exactly a closely guarded secret, is it really that worthwhile for publishers?
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Sure looks that way. Last time I checked it still required running a few Python scripts. Not exactly rocket science, of course, but still beyond the comfort level of many a casual user. And it's exactly that casual sharing (as in "my mother in law making a copy for her friends") that's it's supposed to guard against. To keep an honest (wo)man honest, as it were.
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Isn't DRM doomed to eventually become obsolete?
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One can only hope.