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Originally Posted by Alan
I do not like DRM either. But so far I do not see an alternative for authors and publishers. Unprotected ebooks can be copied indefinitely. Paper books cannot. There has to be some kind of protection against unauthorized use of books. Do you have a better idea?
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DRMed books can be ripped and copied indefinitely while at the same time providing the cracker some fun. The very idea that a completely secure system can be made without impairing the user is ridiculous.
The alternative would be to make the legal product a better alternative to the illegal one - lower price and widespread availability would be the most important here - and then perhaps appeal to the conscience of those who download illegally.
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Originally Posted by Alan
The filter is also a feedback mechanism to the author and I do not see how customer reviews could do that.
Why do you think publishers have a poor record? I think you are totally wrong and that they have a good record. A couple of exceptions is not proof of a poor record.
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I think that first and foremost, we'd need to put down criteria that make a "good" or "poor" record for publishers.