Thread: Book piracy: Less DRM, more data
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Old 01-15-2011, 03:11 PM   #103
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Originally Posted by OtterBooks View Post
That said, I don't think publishers see organized torrent sites as the real problem, against which DRM is ineffective. IMO they're worried about copying and trading between friends and so forth who otherwise are not the 'pirate' type (Grandma sending copies to her book discussion club, etc), and I think DRM does have a significant impact on that. However I can only guess.
Great point! I hadn't thought about it in quite that way.
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