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Originally Posted by LaurieGator
I am curious what percentage of folks who use deDRM software just use it for reasons like they are against what DRM stands for or they want to only use the books on their personal e-readers that use different formatting rather than pirating or torrent sites.
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I suspect nearly all people who use deDRM software use it for those kind of reasons. To get free books or post free books it's a lot easier just to download torrents directly - there's no need to mess with DRM at all.
http://xkcd.com/488/
The only people who need to use deDRM software are people who've actually bought ebooks.
I got sick of the DRM on ebooks in late 2003. Between 1st November 2003 and 12th June 2008 (inclusive) I bought a grand total of three DRMed ebooks - one in 2004 and two in 2005. I did buy books, but only from Baen or Multiformat ones from Fictionwise.
It was in June 2008 I first obtained deDRM software. In June 2008 I bought 36 DRMed ebooks. And 16 in July 2008. And 51 in August 2008. And 12 in September 2008. And 48 in October 2088. And....
You know — I've just realised that I have the Dark Reverser to blame for my rather large TBR pile!