Not really a good analogy. The odd of my car being jacked by pros is dimishingly small. The odds of an encrypted book being jacked for darknet distribution approaches 100%. Plus I recently chose my car partly because they made its theft "DRM" more painless, keyless entry & start. My key never leaves my pocket.
Bain books already proved that if you leave an e-book unencrypted the sales do NOT drop to zero but rather increase. While I have some issues with the future of that, well, those are the facts. And they refute the assertion that DRM is necessary while the hassle factor to us is a given.
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