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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
We're talking about defects, here: people don't want, they're sometimes prepared to put up with it. It's like buying clothes that are torn at the seams: if there is no other clothing available, or you want that particular piece, you might be prepared to quickly stitch it up before you wear it.
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Actually we're talking about what the market will bear. At the moment the market apparently shows that people want these books enough that they will purchase them even with DRM applied. If less people purchased these products then perhaps they would be forced to alter ... then again, there is this post:
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
It wouldn't really matter what a small minority of people do, it is what the majority do that counts. And for the majority, DRM restrictions are not a problem. But even if they were, how would the suppliers know you didn't buy from them because of the restrictions they put on their products and not some random other reason?
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Which I missed earlier but I think makes two very good points. It is quite possible (likely?) that all our discussion of DRM here is indeed moot. If sales are such that the few who understand and dislike DRM are a small enough group then they can safely ignore such dissenters. And the next point, about how the sellers would know that a missed sale was due to DRM, rather deflates my suggestion that not purchasing DRM'd ebooks is making a statement. Still, I think they may try to investigate dropping sales if we could convince enough people to not buy DRM.