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Originally Posted by elcreative
Well put and not just to Steve but anyone talking about, dealing with, implementing DRM. You all forget that most people are basically honest users without the knowledge, interest or ability to circumvent protections or give copies to everyone on the planet... as far as ebooks are concerned, all the majority would like to use an ereader as simply as possible... load book, open book, read book... at a reasonable price...  |
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NEVER forget that most people would rather be honest people (usually, it's the path of least resistance, which makes it easy). However, as someone else put it, it only takes one dishonest person to spoil it for everyone else... especially with ebooks, as it takes just one dishonest person to make an ebook available to every net user on the planet, with potentially disastrous consequences. Compared to the old paradigm (one person steals one item), the ebook theft paradigm is simply too significant to be ignored by creators.